Clinically a cystic midline swelling moving with deglutition was palpable in the submental region with suspicious extension into sublingual space.
Floor of mouth dermoid.
A ranula is a mucus retention cyst arising from a sublingual or minor salivary gland.
Of the dermoid.
The congenital form according to the main theory originates from embryonic cells of the 1st and 2nd branchial arch.
Dermoid cysts in the floor of the mouth may be congenital or acquired.
Dermoid cysts dermoids of the floor of the mouth.
Cystic lesions of the floor of the mouth are well recognised and can be congenital or acquired.
A 13 year old child developed fever and headache.
A dermoid cyst in the floor of mouth accounts for 1 1 6 of all dermoid cysts 1 3 4.
Dermoid cysts dermoids of the floor of the mouth oral surg oral med oral pathol.
False sialoceles hydatid cysts and thyroglossal duct cysts 3.
Her parents noticed a swelling below the jaw and visited the physician.
The acquired form may be due to traumatic or iatrogenic causes and as a result of the occlusion of a sebaceous gland duct.
Ranula dermoid cysts and epidermoid cysts.
Dermoid cysts dermoids of the floor of the mouth.
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.
Its occurrence is less and is estimated to be from 1 6 to 6 4 x25.