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Exam questionKROK 1Dentistry ยท 2019

A 45-year-old man had a cyst removed from the region of his gonial angle. The cyst was 1.5 cm in diameter and contained numerous keratinous masses. Histology shows that the cyst wall is thin and formed from mature connective tissue, cyst interior is lined with stratified squamous epithelium with marked parakeratosis and hyperkeratosis. Make the diagnosis:

Answer options

  1. Primordial cyst
  2. Follicular cyst
  3. Follicular ameloblastoma
  4. Radicular cyst
  5. Cherubism
Correct answer

Primordial cyst

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