Table 1.

A list of major and minor microscopic criteria for histopathological diagnosis of glandular odontogenic cyst

Major criteria	Minor criteria
Squamous epithelial lining, with a flat interface with the connective tissue wall, lacking basal palisading	Papillary proliferation of the lining epithelium
Epithelium exhibiting variations in thickness along the cystic lining with or without epithelial “spheres” or “whorls” or focal luminal proliferation	Ciliated cells
Cuboidal eosinophilic cells or “hobnail” cells	Multicystic or multiluminal architecture
Mucous (goblet) cells with intraepithelial mucous pools, with or without crypts lined by mucous-producing cells	Clear or vacuolated cells in the basal or spinous layers
Intraepithelial glandular, microcystic, or duct-like structures.	-