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Panoramic radiograph showing well-defined, unilocular
radiolusent lesion with tooth germs.
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Radiographically, the lesion showed unilocular, well-defined radiolucent lesion associated with two teeth germs (Figure 1).
Characteristic ameloblastic island of odontogenic
epithelium with peripheral columnar cells and central stellate
reticulum like cells (H&E x40).
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Clusters of ghost cell were seen within ameloblastic
odontogenic epitehelium, central area showing stellate reticulum
like cells transforming into ghost cell (H&E x40).
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Areas of dentinoid with aggregates of ghost cells in the
connective tissue (H&E x40).
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Keratin stain showing ghost cells staining red and surrounding dentinoid-like material blue (H&E x40).
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Conventional keratin staining clearly differentiated the ghost cells from dentinoid which the ghost cells taking a red color and the dentinoid and osteodentin taking blue color (Figure 5).
PMC5573465_02
Solid well-circumscribed mass in the connective tissue showing odontogenic epithelium with ghost cells. (H&E x4).
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The histopathological examination revealed a solid, well-circumscribed and encapsulated soft tissue mass in a fibrous connective tissue covered by ulcerated oral mucosa (Figure 6).
Abundant ghost cells with dentinoid-like calcification (H&E x40).
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