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From: Multiple calcifying hyperplastic dental follicles: a major diagnostic consideration in multiple pericoronal lesions - report of two cases

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Macroscopic and histological findings of follicles, case 1. a-d Saccular conformation of the specimens, in the order corresponding to teeth 1.3, 2.3, 3.3, 4.3 (FDI notation), white to brownish coloration and dimensions larger than one centimetre can be noted. e Reduced enamel epithelium found in different luminal sections. f Type I calcification observed in all follicles in a scattered pattern. g Type II calcification observed in the follicles of 1.3 and 4.3 teeth. h Multiple islands of odontogenic epithelium with peripheral hyalinization. i Foci of mesenchymal condensation in the follicles thickness of the 1.2, 2.3, 4.3 teeth (photomicrographs stained with haematoxylin and eosin, original magnification to E and F × 40, scale bar 50 μm; original magnification to G-I × 10, scale bar 200 μm)

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