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Descriptor English: Dentigerous Cyst
Descriptor Spanish: Quiste Dentígero
Descriptor quiste dentígero
Scope note: Son los más frecuentes quistes odontogénicos foliculares. Aparecen en relación con un diente con erupción parcial o que no ha brotado con al menos la corona del diente al que está unido el quiste protruyendo en la cavidad quística. Puede dar origen a un ameloblastoma y, en raras ocasiones, se maligniza.
Descriptor Portuguese: Cisto Dentígero
Descriptor French: Kyste dentigère
Entry term(s): Cyst, Dentigerous
Cysts, Dentigerous
Dentigerous Cysts
Tree number(s): C04.182.089.530.690.310
C05.500.470.690.310
C07.320.450.670.275
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003803
Scope note: Most common follicular odontogenic cyst. Occurs in relation to a partially erupted or unerupted tooth with at least the crown of the tooth to which the cyst is attached protruding into the cystic cavity. May give rise to an ameloblastoma and, in rare instances, undergo malignant transformation.
Annotation: non-neoplastic; coordinate with precoordinated organ/disease term
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
BS blood supply
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UL ultrastructure
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 23981
Unique ID: D003803
NLM Classification: WU 280
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1990/06/05
Dentigerous Cyst - Preferred
Concept UI M0005950
Scope note Most common follicular odontogenic cyst. Occurs in relation to a partially erupted or unerupted tooth with at least the crown of the tooth to which the cyst is attached protruding into the cystic cavity. May give rise to an ameloblastoma and, in rare instances, undergo malignant transformation.
Preferred term Dentigerous Cyst
Entry term(s) Cyst, Dentigerous
Cysts, Dentigerous
Dentigerous Cysts



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