Challenging pitfalls in frozen section pathology: a case of mandible ghost cell odontogenic carcinoma and the literature review

• Main Authors: Sha-Sha Hu (Author), Jian Yang (Author), Hai-Fei Zhang (Author), Jie Chen (Author), Xin-Nian Li (Author), Fu-Jin Liu (Author), Bo Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Ghost cell odontogenic carcinoma (GCOC) is a rare malignancy characterized by the presence of ghost cells, preferably in the maxilla. Only slightly more than 50 case reports of GCOC have been documented to date. Due to the rarity of this tumor and its nonspecific clinical criteri...