Floor Of Mouth Dermoid

The main differential includes.

Floor of mouth dermoid.

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. 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 congenital form according to the main theory originates from embryonic cells of the 1st and 2nd branchial arch. A dermoid cyst in the floor of mouth accounts for 1 1 6 of all dermoid cysts 1 3 4. Its occurrence is less and is estimated to be from 1 6 to 6 4 x25. Dermoid cysts dermoids of the floor of the mouth.

Dermoid cysts dermoids of the floor of the mouth. Her parents noticed a swelling below the jaw and visited the physician. Ranula dermoid cysts and epidermoid cysts. Clinically a cystic midline swelling moving with deglutition was palpable in the submental region with suspicious extension into sublingual space.

False sialoceles hydatid cysts and thyroglossal duct cysts 3. Dermoid cysts dermoids of the floor of the mouth oral surg oral med oral pathol. Dermoid cysts in the floor of the mouth may be congenital or acquired. Of the dermoid.