Hyperplastic Dental Follicle: A Case Report and Literature Review

Figure 5

Microscopic immunohistochemical features: (a) the giant multinucleated cells showed negative reactivity for antibody anti-CD-68 (arrow) indicating no monocyte origin; (b) the blood vessels were positive for anti-HHF-35 but the giant multinucleated cells were negative for this antibody (arrow); (c) strong vimentin immunopositivity of the giant multinucleated cells was observed indicating mesenchymal origin (arrow) ((a) = 400x, (b) = 400x, and (c) = 400x).

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