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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology
The lateral periodontal cyst: an update
Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine, Volume 21, No. 6, Year 1992
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Lateral periodontal cysts account for 0.8% of all jaw cysts seen in our department. Published reports have indicated that they occur most frequently in the 5th to 7th decades, that there is a male preponderance and that they are located mainly in the mandibular canine‐premolar region. In our own series of 20 cases, 10 were found in the anterior maxilla. We have distinguished unicystic and multicystic (including botryoid) varieties. They were lined predominantly or exclusively by thin reduced enamel epithelium‐like tissue which contained many clear cells and epithelial thickenings referred to as plaques. Glycogen was present in the epithelium of two‐thirds of our cases although not exclusively in the clear cells, many of which showed no positivity. Two of our examples of the botryoid variety were different histologically, being lined predominantly by non‐keratinizing stratified squamous epithelium with crowded and pyknotic nuclei and no clear cells. One case contained melanin while another showed epithelial crypt formation and superficial palisaded low columnar cells as seen in the glandular odontogenic cyst. This raised the question of whether the latter may form part of the clinico‐pathologic spectrum of lateral periodontal cyst. The histogenesis of lateral periodontal cysts is uncertain but we favour origin from reduced enamel epithelium. Copyright © 1992, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved
Authors & Co-Authors
Altini, Mario
South Africa, Johannesburg
University of the Witwatersrand
Shear, Mervyn
South Africa, Johannesburg
University of the Witwatersrand
Statistics
Citations: 102
Authors: 2
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1600-0714.1992.tb01004.x
ISSN:
09042512
e-ISSN:
16000714
Participants Gender
Male