page_title: Calcifying odontogenic cyst
section_title: Signs and symptoms
hierarchical_section_title: Calcifying odontogenic cyst / Signs and symptoms
caption_attribution_description: English: Relative incidence of odontogenic cysts in Brazil. Reference: Leandro Bezerra Borges; Francisco Vagnaldo Fechine; Mário Rogério Lima Mota; Fabrício Bitu Sousa; Ana Paula Negreiros Nunes Alves&#32;(2012).&#32;"Odontogenic lesions of the jaw: a clinical-pathological study of 461 cases.". Revista Gaúcha de Odontologia&#32;60&#32;(1).
context_page_description: Calcifying odotogenic cyst is a benign odontogenic tumor of cystic type most likely to affect the anterior areas of the jaws. It is most common in people in their second to third decades but can be seen at almost any age. On radiographs, the calcifying odontogenic cyst appears as a unilocular radiolucency. In one-third of cases, an impacted tooth is involved. Histologically, there are many cells that are described as "ghost cells", enlarged eosinophilic epithelial cells without nuclei.
context_section_description: It is a rare type of cyst and can occur at any age, mostly between second and third decade of life. The diameter ranges from 2 to 4 cm and swelling pain may be present. Intrabony expansions may produce hard bony expansion and may perforate cortical bones. It can also extend to soft tissue. It can present asymptomatically.
caption: Relative incidence of odontogenic cysts.[2] Calcifying odontogenic cyst is labeled at right.
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