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True lateral dermoid cyst of the floor of the mouth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

J. Mathews
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Arrowe Park Hospital, Wirral, Merseyside, U.K.
J. Lancaster
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Arrowe Park Hospital, Wirral, Merseyside, U.K.
G. O’Sullivan
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Arrowe Park Hospital, Wirral, Merseyside, U.K.

Abstract

Congenital dermoid cysts of the floor of the mouth are relatively rare but when they occur, they do so inevitably in the midline. We present a case of a true lateral dermoid cyst of this region without any intra-oral extension. We discuss the anatomical and histological classification of dermoid cysts within the floor of the mouth.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2001

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