Ghost cell odontogenic carcinoma of the maxilla: a case report with a literature review

Autor: Elneel Ahmed Mohamed Ali, Musadak Ali karrar, Abeer Abdalla El-Siddig, Nahla Gafer, Ali Abdel Satir
Jazyk: English<br />French
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: The Pan African Medical Journal, Vol 21, Iss 260 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1937-8688
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2015.21.260.5139
Popis: The aim of this report is to present a rare case of a Ghost cell odontogenic carcinoma (GCOC) of a 21-year-old man with review of the literature. The patient was treated surgically, and one of the surgical margins was involved, the patient received adjuvant radiotherapy for local control. Five month later, patient presented with infraorbital lesion which was proven histologically to be GCOC. Radiological and histological images and clinical photographs are also presented. At one year after the second surgery, the patient was tumor free. The only effective treatment modality was surgical removal.
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