Floor Of Mouth Dermoid Radiology

Dermoid of the floor of the mouth article pdf available in pediatric radiology 40 suppl 1 s1 s166 december 2010 with 28 reads how we measure reads.

Floor of mouth dermoid radiology. The floor of the mouth is the part of the oral cavity that is located under the tongue. 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. It may be involved in a wide range of pathologic processes some of which are unique to the region. Ranula dermoid cysts and epidermoid cysts.

Cysts superficial to geniohyoid may cause posterosuperior displacement of the tongue dysphonia dysphagia 3 or airway obstruction 4. A 13 year old child developed fever and headache. Dermoid cysts of the floor of the mouth are rare accounting for 11 of all dermoid cysts in the head and neck region. The lesion contained free calcified corpuscles i e the sack of marbles.

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. Clinically a cystic midline swelling moving with deglutition was palpable in the submental region with suspicious extension into sublingual space. Her parents noticed a swelling below the jaw and visited the physician. 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.