Floor Of Mouth Dermoid

False sialoceles hydatid cysts and thyroglossal duct cysts 3.

Floor of mouth dermoid.

Its occurrence is less and is estimated to be from 1 6 to 6 4 x25. Cysts superficial to geniohyoid may cause posterosuperior displacement of the tongue dysphonia dysphagia 3 or airway obstruction 4. A ranula is a mucus retention cyst arising from a sublingual or minor salivary gland. The main differential includes.

Generally they present during the 2nd 3rd decade of life with no sex preponderance 1 5. Dermoid cysts dermoids of the floor of the mouth. The acquired form may be due to traumatic or iatrogenic causes and as a result of the occlusion of a sebaceous gland duct. A 13 year old child developed fever and headache.

Dermoid cysts dermoids of the floor of the mouth oral surg oral med oral pathol. Ranula dermoid cysts and epidermoid cysts. Of the dermoid. Dermoid cysts dermoids of the floor of the mouth.

Her parents noticed a swelling below the jaw and visited the physician. Cystic lesions of the floor of the mouth are well recognised and can be congenital or acquired. Floor of mouth dermoid cysts account for 1 6 of all dermoid cysts 2 and they usually present as a midline symmetrical slowly enlarging lesion. A dermoid cyst in the floor of mouth accounts for 1 1 6 of all dermoid cysts 1 3 4.