Fig. 13
From: Odontogenic keratocyst: imaging features of a benign lesion with an aggressive behaviour
Panoramic (a) and axial (b) MDCT images show an osteolytic lesion located in the interforaminal region of the mandible. The lesion, histologically proven to represent an OKC, causes expansion and thinning of the buccal cortex (arrowheads). MDCT images demonstrate numerous punctate high-density foci (calcification) within the lesion (arrows). One of these high-density foci shows extension into adjacent soft tissue (curved arrow). Dots, mesial portion of the mandibular canal. c Histological images show the characteristic epithelial lining and calcifications (large black arrows) within the underlying connective tissue (H-E 10×)