Tiny linear or arc-shaped bodied, amorphous, brittle and eosinophilic in reaction found in association with some odontogenic cysts, are called:___________?

Correct answer: D. rushton bodies

  • A. Civattle bodies
  • B. Russell bodies
  • C. Guarneri bodies
  • D. rushton bodies

Explanation

Rushton bodies are eosinophilic, linear or arc-shaped hyaline structures found in the epithelial lining of some odontogenic cysts, especially radicular cysts. Civatte bodies occur in certain mucocutaneous disorders, not typically odontogenic cysts.

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