label: Ghost Cell Odontogenic Carcinoma
label_lc: ghost cell odontogenic carcinoma
description: "A carcinoma usually arising from the maxilla and less often the mandible.  Symptoms include swelling and paresthesia.  It is characterized by the presence of rounded islands of malignant epithelial cells in a fibrous stroma and the benign features of calcifying cystic odontogenic tumor.  The clinical course varies from slow growing and locally invasive to rapidly growing and highly aggressive with metastases."