Melan-A/Mart-1- or HMB-45-positive melanocytes are not present in calcifying cystic odontogenic tumors (calcifying odontogenic cysts): a study in 13 Caucasian patients

Konstantinos I. Tosios; Nikolaos Prountzos; Nikolaos Katsoulas; Ioannis G. Koutlas; Alexandra Sklavounou-Andrikopoulou

doi:10.2334/josnusd.54.33

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Melan-A/Mart-1- or HMB-45-positive melanocytes are not present in calcifying cystic odontogenic tumors (calcifying odontogenic cysts): a study in 13 Caucasian patients

Konstantinos I. Tosios, Nikolaos Prountzos, Nikolaos Katsoulas, Ioannis G. Koutlas, Alexandra Sklavounou-Andrikopoulou

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キーワード: jaw lesions, odontogenic tumors, calcifying cystic odontogenic tumor, melanocytes

ジャーナルフリー

2012 年 54 巻 1 号 p. 33-38

DOI https://doi.org/10.2334/josnusd.54.33

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Melanin pigment and melanocytes may be found in odontogenic cysts and tumors, particularly calcifying cystic odontogenic tumor (CCOT). In the present study we investigated the immunohistochemical expression of the Melan-A/Mart-1 and HMB-45 antigens in 13 Caucasians patients with CCOT. Melan-A/Mart-1- and HMB-45-positive melanocytes were not seen in any of the cases. Our findings are in agreement with the assumption that pigmentation in odontogenic lesions may be a racial phenomenon. (J Oral Sci 54, 33-38, 2012)

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