Resumen de Peripheral Odontogenic Keratocyst: A Report of 2 Cases

Dr. Fumio Ide, Tetsuo Shimoyama, Norio Horie

• Background: Occurrence of a gingival cyst in adults that exhibits the histopathologic hallmarks of an odontogenic keratocyst (OKC) is rare.

  Methods: Two cases of primary soft tissue OKC in an adult female are described. Both presented as an asymptomatic small nodule on the buccal gingiva of the anterior mandible.

  Results: After simple excision, no recurrence was observed.

  Conclusions: All available data indicate that, irrespective of the nomenclature, peripheral OKC should be included under the histopathological spectrum of gingival cysts in the adult.