“…3,4,11,15,17 Other reported secondary changes observed with WT include sudden rapid growth of the mass, pain, facial nerve paralysis, fibrosis and necrotizing granulomatous inflammation. 2,8,10,16,18 The variety and frequency of these alterations are best explained by the propensity of WT to spontaneously infarct. 2,8,9,12,14,15 Necrosis causes leakage of cyst contents, which when exposed to adjacent tissues results in a variety of reactive, inflammatory and metaplastic changes that predispose to both clinical and cytologic misinterpretation.…”