Odontogenic keratocysts: clinicopathologic study of 87 cases.

The clinical and histologic features of 87 cases of odontogenic keratocysts were reviewed. Males were affected more frequently than females. All age groups were affected, with a predilection for the fifth and sixth decades. The molar-angle-ramus area of the mandible was the most common location (29.8%). In 7 cases (8.8%), the cysts were part of the basal cell nevus syndrome. Recurrences were observed in 9 cases (10.4%). The cysts were lined by a thin, regular, stratified squamous, parakeratinized epithelium without rete ridges. Orthokeratin was observed in 24.14% of the cases. Mitotic figures were observed in approximately 50% of the cases. Separation of lining epithelium from underlying connective tissue was observed in 82.7%, with subepithelial hyalinization in 75.8% of the cases. Inflammation was observed in 72.4%, cholesterol clefts were observed in 11.5%, and Rushton hyaline bodies in 4.6% of the cases. Dental lamina rests were observed in 32.2% and satellite cysts in 20.7%. Dystrophic calcifications were found in 36.8%. Ameloblastomatous proliferation was observed in 2 cases.