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ODONTOGENIC CYST, CALCIFYING
A mixed radiolucent-radiopaque lesion of the jaws with parameters of both a cyst and a solid neoplasm. It is characterised microscopically by an epitheliallining showing a palisaded layer of columnar basal cells, presence of ghostcell keratinization, dentinoid, and calcification.