Floor Of Mouth Dermoid

Dermoid cysts dermoids of the floor of the mouth oral surg oral med oral pathol.

Floor of mouth dermoid.

The acquired form may be due to traumatic or iatrogenic causes and as a result of the occlusion of a sebaceous gland duct. A ranula is a mucus retention cyst arising from a sublingual or minor salivary gland. Cystic lesions of the floor of the mouth are well recognised and can be congenital or acquired. The congenital form according to the main theory originates from embryonic cells of the 1st and 2nd branchial arch.

Cysts superficial to geniohyoid may cause posterosuperior displacement of the tongue dysphonia dysphagia 3 or airway obstruction 4. Clinically a cystic midline swelling moving with deglutition was palpable in the submental region with suspicious extension into sublingual space. A dermoid cyst in the floor of mouth accounts for 1 1 6 of all dermoid cysts 1 3 4. The main differential includes.

Generally they present during the 2nd 3rd decade of life with no sex preponderance 1 5. Of the dermoid. Dermoid cysts dermoids of the floor of the mouth. Dermoid cysts dermoids of the floor of the mouth.

A 13 year old child developed fever and headache. 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. Her parents noticed a swelling below the jaw and visited the physician. Ranula dermoid cysts and epidermoid cysts.