Floor Of Mouth Dermoid

Dermoid cysts dermoids of the floor of the mouth oral surg oral med oral pathol.
Floor of 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. A ranula is a mucus retention cyst arising from a sublingual or minor salivary gland. Dermoid cysts in the floor of the mouth may be congenital or acquired.
Its occurrence is less and is estimated to be from 1 6 to 6 4 x25. Her parents noticed a swelling below the jaw and visited the physician. Cysts superficial to geniohyoid may cause posterosuperior displacement of the tongue dysphonia dysphagia 3 or airway obstruction 4. 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.
Clinically a cystic midline swelling moving with deglutition was palpable in the submental region with suspicious extension into sublingual space. The main differential includes. Of the dermoid. False sialoceles hydatid cysts and thyroglossal duct cysts 3.
A dermoid cyst in the floor of mouth accounts for 1 1 6 of all dermoid cysts 1 3 4. Ranula dermoid cysts and epidermoid cysts. The congenital form according to the main theory originates from embryonic cells of the 1st and 2nd branchial arch. Generally they present during the 2nd 3rd decade of life with no sex preponderance 1 5.