Floor Of Mouth Dermoid

Clinically a cystic midline swelling moving with deglutition was palpable in the submental region with suspicious extension into sublingual space.
Floor of mouth dermoid. Generally they present during the 2nd 3rd decade of life with no sex preponderance 1 5. A ranula is a mucus retention cyst arising from a sublingual or minor salivary gland. The congenital form according to the main theory originates from embryonic cells of the 1st and 2nd branchial arch. False sialoceles hydatid cysts and thyroglossal duct cysts 3.
Dermoid cysts dermoids of the floor of the mouth oral surg oral med oral pathol. Ranula dermoid cysts and epidermoid cysts. Of the dermoid. Its occurrence is less and is estimated to be from 1 6 to 6 4 x25.
Dermoid cysts in the floor of the mouth may be congenital or acquired. A dermoid cyst in the floor of mouth accounts for 1 1 6 of all dermoid cysts 1 3 4. A 13 year old child developed fever and headache. Her parents noticed a swelling below the jaw and visited the physician.
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. The acquired form may be due to traumatic or iatrogenic causes and as a result of the occlusion of a sebaceous gland duct. Dermoid cysts dermoids of the floor of the mouth.