Nonsyndromic Examples of Odontogenic Keratocysts: Presentation of Interesting Cases with a Literature Review

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(a) Destruction of the vestibular lining of the maxillary bone through which the thick cystic content can be seen. (b) Enucleation of a cystic capsule. (c) Clinical appearance of the upper vestibule a month after surgery. (d) Typical histology of an odontogenic keratocyst (OKC). Uninflamed fibrous wall lined by a thin regular parakeratinized epithelium, 5-8 cell layers thick (arrow). The parakeratinized surface is corrugated (star) and the basal layer is palisaded with hyperchromatic nuclei (arrowhead).

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