Odontogenic Keratocyst in Right Maxilla of 15-Year Old Boy: A Case Report of not a Rare Lesion
Jai Santhosh Manikandan veerasamy1, L. S Makesh raj1, S Leena Sankari2, R Jayashri Krupaa2

1Tagore Dental College and Hospital Ratinamangalam, Chennai 2Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath University, Chennai.

Abstract: Wepresent a case of odontogenic keratocyst involving the right maxilla in 15 years old boy. The histochemical of the lesion was analysed by haematoxylin & eosin stain and picrosirius red stain.Expansile natureof the lesion was assessed by using picrosirius red to categorize the fibrous wall of the cyst. The purpose of this case report is to stressthe point that even though the diagnosis of classical odontogenic keratocyst is straight forward with histochemical study alone, it is prudent to profile the biology of each patient using less expensive methods before deciding the appropriate adjunctive surgical procedure,for proper rehabilitation of that particular patient as well as to avoid its recurrence in future.

Keywords: Odontogenic keratocyst; picrosirius red; polarization microscope

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