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ORPHA:447777

Keratocystic odontogenic tumor

low confidenceDisorder

Also known as: KTOC · Odontogenic keratocystoma

Publications

3,010

Trials

4

Interventional, condition-specific

Researchers

939

Distinct authors in sample

Gene link

—

Readiness

2/6

Stages with a signal

Clinical definition (Orphanet)

A rare odontogenic tumor characterized by an unilocular or multilocular cyst most commonly located in the posterior body and lower ramus of the mandible, often surrounding the crown of the third molar. Histopathologically, the lesion shows a lining of parakeratinized stratified squamous epithelium with palisading hyperchromatic basal cells. Patients may be asymptomatic or present with local infection and/or signs and symptoms of mass effect. Recurrence is rare after complete surgical removal. Some patients have multiple cysts (metachronous or synchronous), especially in the context of nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome (Gorlin syndrome).

Orphanet entry

Cross-references

Joined from Mondo / Orphanet. MeSH labels may enter searches; UMLS / OMIM / NCIT are stored for reference.

Additional Mondo synonyms (2)

odontogenic Keratocyst · odontogenic keratocystoma

Research stages

Trial readiness signals

Where this condition sits on an open-data research pipeline — not how close a treatment is, and not medical advice. Empty stages often mean “not in these databases under this Mondo ID,” not “impossible.”

2/6 stages with a signal

An interventional trial matched this condition name on ClinicalTrials.gov — see trials below.

  1. Gene identifiedNot found

    No GenCC disease–gene assertion in this build

  2. LiteraturePresent

    3,010 matched papers (1,658 in last 10 years) Source

  3. Phenotype characterisedNot checked

    Not yet enriched from Monarch / HPO

  4. Animal modelNot checked

    Not yet enriched from Monarch / Alliance

  5. Orphan designationNot checked

    FDA/EMA orphan-drug designation not enriched yet

  6. Interventional trialPresent

    4 matched on ClinicalTrials.gov (1 recruiting in sample)

Biology

Genes and phenotypes

Gene–disease validity from GenCC, plus phenotypes and animal models joined from Monarch Initiative via Mondo ID — not a clinical diagnosis aid.

Do we know what causes it?

Not yet — the cause hasn't been pinned down in GenCC.

No strong gene–disease assertion joined for this Orphanet entity.

Phenotypes (Monarch / HPO)

Not enriched in this build — Monarch phenotype joins were not run for this record.

Animal models (Monarch / Alliance)

Not enriched in this build.

Literature

Is anyone studying this?

3,010

3,010 papers have been published on this condition. That is a real research literature — still far smaller than common diseases (breast cancer: over 700,000 papers). Median papers in the last 10 years for a rare disease in this dataset (publications denominator n=5449) is 41.

3,010 papers since the earliest indexed year in this search — median last-10-year count for a rare disease in this dataset is 41 (publications denominator n=5449).

1,658 in the last 10 years · low confidence

Phrase hits: 3,010 · MeSH hits: 0

Open Europe PMC search

Who's working on it?

939

Distinct author names in 200 sampled papers — named people below.

Who's working on it?

People publishing on this condition (sampled Europe PMC records). Affiliation is the most recent found in that sample.

  1. 01
    Man QW5 papers · 2026

    State Key Laboratory of Oral & Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Regeneration, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Hubei Key Laboratory of Stomatology, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  2. 02
    Liu B4 papers · 2026

    Department of Stomatology, Air Force Medical Center Beijing, China.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  3. 03
    Yi JR4 papers · 2026

    State Key Laboratory of Oral & Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Regeneration, Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Stomatology, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  4. 04
    Kumar S3 papers · 2026

    Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Thai Moogambigai Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, IND.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  5. 05
    Li L3 papers · 2026

    Department of Geriatric Dentistry, Tianjin Stomatological Hospital, School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin 300041, China; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Oral and Maxillofacial Function Reconstruction, Tianjin 300041, China; Stomatology Institute of Nankai University, Tianjin 300041, China. Electronic address: 781235880@qq.com.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  6. 06
    Liu XH3 papers · 2026

    State Key Laboratory of Oral & Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Regeneration, Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Stomatology, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  7. 07
    Zhang X3 papers · 2026

    Department of Oral Pathology, Tianjin Stomatological Hospital, School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin 300041, China; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Oral and Maxillofacial Function Reconstruction, Tianjin 300041, China; Stomatology Institute of Nankai University, Tianjin 300041, China. Electronic address: xinna_zh@163.com.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  8. 08
    Zhong NN3 papers · 2026

    State Key Laboratory of Oral & Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Regeneration, Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Stomatology, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  9. 09
    Abdelhammed MH2 papers · 2025

    Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  10. 10
    Al-Moraissi EA2 papers · 2023

    Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Thamar University, Thamar, Yemen. dressamalmoraissi@gmail.com.

    Papers in Europe PMC

Clinical research

Is a treatment being tested?

4

interventional trials for this specific condition

4 interventional trials matched this specific condition name; 1 currently recruiting in our sample.

Data as of 27 July 2026

4 interventional trials — more than 73% of diseases in the trials denominator have none at all (5114 of 7003; this disease is at the 86.7th percentile).

low confidence · 86.7th percentile (trials denominator)

Recruiting interventional trials

From the matched ClinicalTrials.gov set

4 interventional trials matched after quoted-phrase search and title/condition post-filter.

Observational and natural-history studies

1 observational study matches this condition. These do not test a treatment and are not counted in the interventional-trial headline, but they are genuine research: natural-history work often defines the endpoints needed for a future rare-disease trial, and families may be able to enroll.

Recruiting or not-yet-recruiting

Open the complete matched search on ClinicalTrials.gov

Where to find support

We do not yet link condition-specific patient organisations. These umbrella groups support undiagnosed and ultra-rare families:

India — NPRD

Last verified 2026-07-26

This ORPHAcode is not on our curated NPRD list (direct or Mondo-parent match). That does not decide clinical eligibility; families in India should ask a notified Centre of Excellence about current coverage.

Hand-curated for this project. ORPHAcode mappings are best-effort and may be incomplete or imprecise for umbrella categories. Parent (Mondo) matches mean the policy lists a broader category — confirm eligibility with a Centre of Excellence. Financial entitlements summarised from public policy statements and may change. This is not official government guidance.

How we counted this

Europe PMC query (preferred label + any corrected label + Orphanet and Mondo exact synonyms, stoplisted; unioned with resolved MeSH labels when available). UMLS / OMIM / NCIT cross-references are stored on the overview but are not added to the query string.

"Keratocystic odontogenic tumor" OR "Odontogenic keratocystoma" OR "odontogenic Keratocyst"

Run this search on Europe PMC

ClinicalTrials.gov query (quoted phrases + MeSH via query.cond, plus recall-expansion terms when used):

"Keratocystic odontogenic tumor" OR "Odontogenic keratocystoma" OR "odontogenic Keratocyst"

Interventional trials matched via: phrase (mesh = registered under a MeSH descriptor no name phrase would catch; recall-expansion = gene / selected parent terms used only for trials).

Study-type breakdown: 4 interventional · 1 observational · 0 expanded access. Only interventional studies enter the trial headline.

Query health: ok — strategies attempted: phrase; with hits: phrase

Run this search on ClinicalTrials.gov

Synonyms dropped by stoplist: KTOC

Confidence reasoning

  • Preferred label is multi-word and distinctive
  • 1 synonym(s) dropped by stoplist (may under-count)
  • No label/synonym collisions with other diseases in this corpus
  • Publication count (3010) is extremely high with unknown/missing prevalence — treat as possible over-matching, not proven research intensity

Ingested 2026-07-27T16:32:50.141Z