Case Report
Dentinogenic Ghost Cell Tumor of the Peripheral Variant Mimicking Epulis
Table 1
Reported cases of peripheral dentinogenic ghost cell tumor.
| Sl no. | Reference | No. of cases | Age in years/sex | Site | Radiographic features |
| 1 | Abrams and Howell [14] | 1 | 13/M | Extraosseous | No significant findings | 2 | Sauk [15] | 1 | 67/F | Extraosseous | No radiographic changes | 3 | Praetorius et al. [2] | 2 | 52/M | Maxillary left lateral incisor and canine region | Slight erosion of underlying bone | 41/F | Mandibular anterior region | Slight erosion of underlying bone | 4 | Hirshberg et al. [16] | 1 | 42/M | Mandibular left premolar region (lingual gingiva) | No bone involvement | 5 | McClatchey et al. [17] | 1 | 57/M | Mandibular anterior region | No bone involvement | 6 | Buchner et al. [12] | 3 | 10/M | Mandibular central incisor | — | 53/F | Mandibular edentulous ridge | — | 92/F | Mandibular edentulous cuspid-premolar region | — | 7 | Günhan et al. [18] | 1 | 71/F | Maxillary anterior region | Slight erosion of underlying bone | 8 | Raubenheimer et al. [19] | 1 | 82/M | Mandibular right alveolar ridge (edentulous) | No bone involvement | 9 | Castro et al. [20] | 1 | 83/F | Anterior ridge of edentulous mandible | Cup shaped resorption | 10 | Wong et al. [9] | 1 | 71/M | Maxillary canine region | Slight erosion beneath the growth | 11 | Iezzi et al. [21] | 1 | 43/M | Maxillary canine region | No bone involvement | 12 | Ledesma-Montes et al. [22] | 1 | NS | NS | NS | 13 | Candido et al. [23] | 1 | 45/M | Mandibular canine region | No bone involvement | 14 | Our case | 1 | 40/M | Mandibular premolar area | — |
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NS: Not Specified.
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