치성상피종양으로부터 상악에 발생한 치성유령세포암종의 치험례

ODONTOGENIC GHOST CELL CARCINOMA ARISING FROM ODONTOGENIC EPITHELIAL TUMOR IN MAXILLA - A CASE REPORT

The neoplastic variant of calcifying odontogenic cyst has various designation, and its malignant counterpart has been reported as aggressive epithelial ghost cell tumor or odontogenic ghost cell carcinoma. Odontogenic ghost cell carcinoma(OGCC) is a rare carcinoma first documented in 1985. It is composed of varying sized islands of anucleated cells with homogenous, pale eosinophilic cytoplasm, so called ghost cells, were admixed with nucleated cells. We report a case of maxillary OGCC developed from odontogenic epithelial tumor in a 25-year-old man with literature review.