Cholesterol Granuloma in Odontogenic Cyst: An Enigmatic Lesion

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(a) CT scan image showing huge expansile, well demarcated, and osteolytic mass extending from maxilla into the maxillary sinus on right side; (b) proliferation of cystic odontogenic epithelial lining with palisaded hyperchromatic columnar nuclei, stellate reticulum like areas, and sheets of abundant ghost cells (H/E 4x); (c) cholesterol clefts in cystic wall (H/E 4x); (d) cholesterol clefts in cystic wall (H/E 10x).

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