A ranula is a mucus retention cyst arising from a sublingual or minor salivary gland.
Floor of mouth dermoid radiology.
Her parents noticed a swelling below the jaw and visited the physician.
Ranula dermoid cysts and epidermoid cysts.
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.
False sialoceles hydatid cysts and thyroglossal duct cysts 3.
The main differential includes.
Clinically a cystic midline swelling moving with deglutition was palpable in the submental region with suspicious extension into sublingual space.
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.
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.
A 13 year old child developed fever and headache.
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.
The lesion contained free calcified corpuscles i e the sack of marbles.
Dermoid cysts of the floor of the mouth are rare accounting for 11 of all dermoid cysts in the head and neck region.