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All of the following classically show a 'soap bubble' multilocular radiolucent appearance EXCEPT:

  1. Ameloblastic fibroma
  2. Calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor
  3. Central giant cell granuloma
  4. Odontogenic myxoma
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Correct answer: B. Calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor

CEOT (Pindborg tumor) is the exception — it classically shows a mixed radiolucent-radiopaque 'driven snow' appearance from scattered calcifications within the lesion, rather than the multilocular 'soap bubble' pattern. Ameloblastic fibroma and central giant cell granuloma, along with ameloblastoma, odontogenic myxoma, and cherubism, are the classic 'soap bubble' lesions.

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