Saudi Journal of Pathology and Microbiology (SJPM)
Volume-8 | Issue-11 | 273-277
Case Report
GOC in Maxillary Anterior Jaw: An Infrequent Case Report
Dr. Gauri Bargoti, Dr. Aviral Verma, Dr. Ipshita Yadav, Dr. Amit Gupta
Published : Nov. 21, 2023
Abstract
Padayachee and Van Wyk in 1987 first documented the case of Glandular odontogenic cyst (GOC) and regarded this as ‘sialo-odontogenic cyst’ they published two cases that mimicked botryoid odontogenic cyst and the central mucoepidermoid tumor of jaws. Glandular odontogenic cyst (GOC) is counted as infrequent developmental odontogenic cyst of jaw that has the incidence of 0.012 to 1.3% only GOC is very rare with only 111 cases have been documented in the English literate till date. This case report in unique as this patient presented with the painless swelling in maxillary anterior region.