Floor Mouth Dermoid

The mucosal surface of the floor of the mouth is easily examined clinically as superficial abnormalities can be assessed visually without the aid of imaging.

Floor mouth dermoid. 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. We report a case of a dermoid cyst of the floor of the mouth in a 12 year old boy investigated with ultrasonography magnetic resonance imaging mri and non enhanced computed tomography ct scans. A ranula is a mucus retention cyst arising from a sublingual or minor salivary gland.

Dermoid cyst in the floor of the mouth references 1 king rc smith br burk jl. The congenital form according to the main theory originates from embryonic cells of the 1st and 2nd branchial arch. The floor of the mouth is the part of the oral cavity that is located under the tongue. Dermoid cyst in the floor of the mouth final diagnosis.

Dermoid cysts of the floor of the mouth are rare accounting for 11 of all dermoid cysts in the head and neck region. Cystic lesions of the floor of the mouth are well recognised and can be congenital or acquired. Clinically a cystic midline swelling moving with deglutition was palpable in the submental region with suspicious extension into sublingual space. Its occurrence is less and is estimated to be from 1 6 to 6 4 x25.

Generally they present during the 2nd 3rd decade of life with no sex preponderance 1 5. False sialoceles hydatid cysts and thyroglossal duct cysts 3. It may be involved in a wide range of pathologic processes some of which are unique to the region. Dermoid cysts dermoids of the floor of the mouth.

Dermoid cyst in the floor of the mouth. Dermoid cysts in the floor of the mouth may be congenital or acquired. Her parents noticed a swelling below the jaw and visited the physician. Oral surg oral med oral pathol 1994.

Cysts superficial to geniohyoid may cause posterosuperior displacement of the tongue dysphonia dysphagia 3 or airway obstruction 4. A dermoid cyst in the floor of mouth accounts for 1 1 6 of all dermoid cysts 1 3 4. 7838461 2 potts m macleod ri mclean nr et al. 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. Dermoid cysts dermoids of the floor of the mouth oral surg oral med oral pathol. The dermoid cysts of the mouth are most frequently located on the median line of the mouth floor most likely caused by the retention of the germinal epithelium during the growth of the mandible and hyoid branchial arches and are considered rare 2 3 5 10 although these lesions typically manifest during the second or third decade of life however may present since birth with. The lesion contained free calcified corpuscles i e the sack of marbles.