Lingual dermoid cyst

Shaari, Christopher M.; Ho, Bryan T.; Shah, Kumundini; Biller, Hugh F.

doi:10.1016/s0194-5998(95)70289-x

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“…Dermoid cyst of the oral cavity is either sublingual or submental and starts in the midline [1,6,11,12], may extend laterally and downward and can attain a large size before presentation [1,6,11,12]. However, there can be sudden increase in the size of these lesions and it can be due to the onset of puberty when there is an increase in the secretion of sebum from the sebaceous glands [5], or may be due to secondary infection of the cyst contents either by blockage of salivary glands involved in the cyst or by implantation of oral microbials into the cyst through trauma causing pain, trismus, fever, dysphagia, odynophagia and cervical lymphadenopathy [6,13,14]. When they develop, they do not appear until they grow large enough or appear through infection.…”

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Giant Sublingual Dermoid Cyst in Floor of the Mouth

Jain

Sanjay

Singh

2011

J. Maxillofac. Oral Surg.

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The dermoid cysts of the mouth are most frequently located on the median line of the mouth floor and are most likely caused by the retention of the germinal epithelium during the growth of the mandible and hyoid branchial arches. We report an unusual case of giant dermoid cyst of the floor of the mouth in a 17-year female who presented with progressively increasing swelling below her tongue and reviewed the relevant literature.

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Giant Sublingual Dermoid Cyst in Floor of the Mouth

Jain

Sanjay

Singh

2011

J. Maxillofac. Oral Surg.

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“…The sublingual cysts are located between genio-glossus above and mylohyoid and genio-hyoid muscles below. In this report, the intra-lingual cyst was found between the intrinsic muscles of the tongue above, hyoglossus laterally, and genio-glossus below [1][2][3][4][5][6]. The report highlights the airway obstruction caused by the epidermoid cyst that occurred within the tongue, which is a rare site.…”

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“…Epidermoid cysts constitute about 15-35% of all teratomas which include epidermoid, dermoid and teratoid cysts [1]. These cysts are developmental or acquired (traumatic or iatrogenic) in origin [1].…”

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Epidermoid Cyst of the Tongue Causing Airway Obstruction

Akinbami

Omitola

2011

J. Maxillofac. Oral Surg.

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Epidermoid cyst occurring within the tongue is rare. The aim of this article is to discuss the management of an adult patient who presented with respiratory obstruction due to this congenital epidermoid cyst within the tongue. A 32-year-old male patient who was brought to the accident and emergency department of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria was presented. He came with a history of difficulty in breathing as a result of a slow growing swelling of the tongue which started from birth. There was associated pain, difficulty in speech and mastication as the swelling increased in size. Detailed physical examination, sonographic imaging and histopathology were carried out. On examination, patient was acutely ill-looking, in severe respiratory distress, febrile, mildly pale and dehydrated but anicteric. Extra-oral examination revealed mildly protruded upper and lower dento-alveolar arch as well splaying and recession of the anterior and posterior teeth of the upper arch. Intra-oral examination revealed moderately tender, fluctuant and grossly enlarged tongue obstructing the oroand nasopharyx. A diagnosis of dermoid cyst was made and the patient was booked for surgery after resuscitation. Excision of the cyst was done under general anaesthesia/ naso-tracheal intubation by an intra-oral approach. Ultrasound was able to give a thorough assessment of the cystic nature of the swelling while post-operative histopathology was used to confirm the specific type of teratoma. The relationship of the cyst to the intrinsic and extrinsic muscles of the tongue and mylohyoid muscle was relevant to the surgical approach to the lesion.

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“…Malignant tumors of tongue are rare in childhood, but they do occur and have to be ruled out [22]. Reported cases showed many different histopathologic diagnoses as: benign epithelial cyst (mucous cyst) [8], thyroglossal duct cyst [12,16], ectopic thyroid [4], heterotopic gastric cyst [13], enterocystoma [7], dermoid cyst [20] bronchogenic cyst [3], cyst of foregut origin [24], polyp, chronic inflammatory mass, developmental nodules, pyogenic granuloma [2], hamartoma, squamous papilloma, cavernous hemangioma, vascular malformation, teratoma [15], lipoma [1], nerve sheath myxoma [19], leiomyoma [11], myofibromas and myofibromatosis [6], glial choristoma [21], congenital foregut duplication cysts [5], osseous choristoma, congenital cystadenoma [10], congenital granular cell tumor [17], and diffuse lesions as macroglossia and massively infiltrating congenital lymphatic malformation [18].…”

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confidence: 99%