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keratocyst

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keratocyst /ker·a·to·cyst/ (ker´ah-to-sist) an odontogenic cyst lined with a layer of keratinized squamous epithelium and commonly associated with a primordial cyst.
keratocyst
[ker′ətōsist′]
a thin-walled, tooth-forming cyst lined by keratinizing epithelium. It may be solitary or part of a multiple lesion, most frequently in the posterior body or ramus of the mandible, and may or may not be associated with teeth.
keratocyst (ker´tōsist),
n a homified cyst.


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Mutations in the patched gene have been found to underlie the basal cell nevus syndrome in which patients develop innumerable basal cell carcinomas, as well as odontogenic jar keratocysts, craniofacial and musculoskeletal abnormalities, palmar pits, and a variety of other tumors including medulloblastomas.
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Several pathologic entities can produce a slowly growing expansile mass in the maxillary sinus, including epidermoid inclusion cysts (as occurred in the case described herein), mucoceles, and odontogenic keratocysts.
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