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Nasolabial cyst: a report of eight cases and a review of the literature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Kamal El-Din A. Abou El-Hamd*
Affiliation:
Department of ENT, Sohag Faculty of Medicine, Sohag, Egypt.
*
Address for correspondence: Kamal A. Abou El-Hamd, M.D., Lecturer in ENT, South Valley University, Sohag Faculty of Medicine, Sohag, Egypt. Fax: 093 602 963.

Abstract

Nasolabial cyst is a cystic ectodermal developmental swelling which occurs as a cyst on the lateral half of the floor of the nasal vestibule at the base of the alae of the nose. Although, it is a rare disease, this is a report of eight cases in a population of 500,000 in one year. Seven of the patients were female aged between 25–50 years. Seven cysts were left-sided and one was bilateral.

The purpose of this paper is to present an additional example of patients with nasolabial cyst. It may be a more common disease than previously thought.

Type
Clinical Records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1999

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