Management of Nasolabial Cysts by Transnasal Endoscopic Marsupialization

Abstract

Transnasal endoscopic marsupialization is an effective treatment for nasolabial cysts, is less costly, and has fewer complications than sublabial excision.

A case report on nasolabial cyst

“…1,3 Vasconcelos et al 8 report only one bilateral case (6.6%) among 15 NC in total. The same range is reported by Yuen et al 9 In spite of developmental in origin, all patients were in the 4 th and 5 th decade in chao et al 10 series of 23 patients, in Zahirrudin et al 11 series mean age was 43.2 years, in Yuen et al 9 series of 18 patients the mean age was 41 years, whereasAbou-Elhamd 12 reported a case from Saudi Arabia of 38 years old while Jihan A. Al Maddah 5 reported a 36 years old patient. Our patient was 16 years old girl.…”

“…It is cost effective compared to sublabial approach because hospitalization is short, shorter duration of surgery and significantly lower incidence of postoperative complications such as facial swelling, numbness, andtoothache. 10,27 In the present case endoscopic approach was used to excise the cyst with widened cyst incision to prevent recurrence. Postoperative period was uneventful, and no recurrence for 3 months follows up.…”

Nasolabial Cyst: a Case and Literature Review

“…Ramos et al (19) report no recurrence in 2 patients in a period in-between 18 months follow up, but they did not use the nasoendoscope. Chao et al, (20) after managing 34 patients with NC applying TEM as well as 23 patients using intraoral surgical excision of the NC, did not report any recurrence in both patients' groups.…”

“…Endoskopska transnazalna marsupijalizacija (TEM) predlaže se kao alternativna metoda liječenja NC-a (18,19,20).…”

“…Za taj je postupak također potrebno manje vremena nego za intraoralnu metodu, što može smanjiti troškove i skratiti hospitalizaciju (18,19,20,21).…”