Al. Folpe et al., ODONTOGENIC GHOST CELL-CARCINOMA - A CASE-REPORT WITH IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL AND ULTRASTRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION, Journal of oral pathology & medicine, 27(4), 1998, pp. 185-189
The odontogenic ghost cell tumor (OGCT) is the rare, neoplastic varian
t of the calcifying odontogenic cyst (COC). To date, there have been o
nly four reports of malignant OGCTs, in five patients. We report an ad
ditional case of a malignant odontogenic ghost cell tumor that involve
d the right maxilla of a 20-year-old man. Our report includes its immu
nocytochemical and ultrastructural characterization.