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Widespread Loss of Heterozygosity and Endoreduplication in Odontogenic Myxoma: Expanding the Clinicopathologic Spectrum of An Enigmatic Odontogenic Neoplasm.

The American journal of surgical pathology · Stojanov IJ, Dababneh MN, Cracolici V, Qureshi S, Hattery T, Chen M, Smith BF, O'Neill D, Wolbert M, Schneider KM, Shurtleff S, Astbury C, Geiersbach KB, Woo SB, Fritchie K, Weber GE, Dermawan JK · 2026-09-16

Researchers analysed genetic material from seven odontogenic myxomas and found that all cases showed widespread loss of heterozygosity, with some tumours displaying unusual chromosome patterns, suggesting this molecular signature could help diagnose difficult cases.

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