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Gingival salivary gland choristoma |
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| Authors: | Bernard S. Moskow Ernest Baden |
| Affiliation: | Department of Periodontology, Columbia University, School of Dental and Oral Surgery, New York, New York, USA;Department of Pathology, Fairleigh Dickinson University, School of Dentistry, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA |
| Abstract: | A unique example of a gingival salivary gland choristoma together with a gingival cyst is described in a human autopsy specimen of periodontal tissues. A choristoma is a tumor-like growth which is derived from primordial cells which have been displaced from their original tissue or organ. Only 6 other examples of the gingival salivary gland choristoma have been described in the world literature. |
| Keywords: | Gingiva cyst mucous gland choristoma |