Floor Of Mouth Dermoid

Of the dermoid.

Floor of mouth dermoid.

Generally they present during the 2nd 3rd decade of life with no sex preponderance 1 5. Dermoid cysts dermoids of the floor of the mouth oral surg oral med oral pathol. The acquired form may be due to traumatic or iatrogenic causes and as a result of the occlusion of a sebaceous gland duct. Its occurrence is less and is estimated to be from 1 6 to 6 4 x25.

A dermoid cyst in the floor of mouth accounts for 1 1 6 of all dermoid cysts 1 3 4. Her parents noticed a swelling below the jaw and visited the physician. A 13 year old child developed fever and headache. Dermoid cysts dermoids of the floor of the mouth.

Dermoid cysts in the floor of the mouth may be congenital or acquired. The congenital form according to the main theory originates from embryonic cells of the 1st and 2nd branchial arch. 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. A ranula is a mucus retention cyst arising from a sublingual or minor salivary gland.

False sialoceles hydatid cysts and thyroglossal duct cysts 3. 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. Cysts superficial to geniohyoid may cause posterosuperior displacement of the tongue dysphonia dysphagia 3 or airway obstruction 4.