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Initial panoramic radiography showing well-defined radiolucent region, which contained an irregular radiopaque mass measuring 3 cm in diameter. This lesion occupied a zone from the lower left second molar area to the left ramus.
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The mandibular left second molar was not present (Figure 1).
Helical computed tomography images showing an expansile, well-circumscribed lesion containing a calcified mass compatible with odontogenic tissue ((a) axial cuts; (b) coronal cuts).
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Cone-beam tomography (panoramic reconstruction) showing a well-circumscribed calcified mass in intimate contact with the alveolar inferior nerve.
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(H.E.) Strands (red arrow) and islands (black arrows) of odontogenic epithelium showing peripheral palisading and loosely arranged central cells, identical to stellate reticulum embedded in myxoid cell-rich stroma resembling the dental papilla (*).
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Light microscopic examination of sections stained with hematoxylin and eosin revealed strands and islands of odontogenic epithelium showing peripheral palisading and loosely arranged central cells, identical to stellate reticulum, embedded in a myxoid cell-rich stroma resembling the dental papilla (Figure 4).
(H.E.): Dentin (d) and enamel matrix (em).
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Dentin and enamel were also present (Figure 5).