Dentinogenic ghost cell tumor: A case report

• Main Authors: Radha Baral, Bidhata Ojha, Dipshikha Bajracharya, Kishor Bhandari
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Association of Clinical Pathologists of Nepal 2019-09-01
• Series: Journal of Pathology of Nepal
• Subjects: ameloblastomatous epithelium; dentinogenic ghost; neoplasm; odontogenic neoplasm
• Online Access: https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JPN/article/view/22305

Dentinogenic ghost cell tumor is a rare odontogenic neoplasm that was initially considered to be a solid variant of Calcifying Odontogenic Cyst with locally aggressive behavior. Dentinogenic ghost cell tumor comprises less than 0.5% of all odontogenic tumors and characterized histologically by an ameloblastomatous epithelium with an area of ghost cell formation and a varying amount of dentinoid. Herein we report a case of intraosseous Dentinogenic ghost cell tumor in a 32 years old male patient with a clinical presentation of bony hard swelling in the left mandibular region. The diagnosis was made on the basis of histopathological findings and histochemical analysis.