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A family with periapical cemental dysplasia is reported. The affected individuals displayed classical features of periapical cemental dysplasia on radiographic examination. The lesions consisted chiefly of radiolucent areas; however, some had central areas of radiodensity. Histopathological examination of one of the lesions revealed fibrous elements containing fused dense sclerotic cemental masses. Familial incidence of florid cementoosseous dysplasia with an autosomal mode of inheritance has been reported previously. The condition described in this report appears to be different. However, the two conditions may be part of a spectrum occurring in a single genetic entity with the diversity possibly resulting from variable expressivity of a single gene.
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Thakkar, N.S., Horner, K. & Sloan, P. Familial occurrence of periapical cemental dysplasia. Vichows Archiv A Pathol Anat 423, 233–236 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01614776
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