EC Clinical and Medical Case Reports

Introduction: Glandular odontogenic cysts are rare cysts of odontogenic origin affecting the jaw bones. They show unpredictable, aggressive behavior with the potential to grow to a larger size, and recur. Lack of specific clinical and radiographic features makes its diagnosis challenging. They show male predilection and commonly affects mandible as a slow, painless growing mass. Radiographically they may present as unilocular or multilocular lesions with sclerotic borders.

Case Presentation: This article presents two cases of glandular odontogenic cyst treated by surgical enucleation under local anesthesia. Both cases were followed up for 2 years which revealed no evidence of any recurrence.

Conclusion: Histopathological examination of total excised specimen is required for diagnosis. The treatment of choice is usually conservative. However due to its high recurrence rate, resection is also defined in literature as a treatment modality.

Keywords: Glandular Odontogenic Cyst; Enucleation; Mandible

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