Cystic lesions of the floor of the mouth are well recognised and can be congenital or acquired.
Floor of mouth epidermoid radiology.
Dermoid cysts are more common in the head and neck region with the presence of fat content makes it easy for differentiation from an epidermoid cyst.
Clinically a cystic midline swelling moving with deglutition was palpable in the submental region with suspicious extension into sublingual space.
The disease is more common in men between the ages of 40 and 60 fig.
Epidermoid cyst cystic teratoma floor of mouth introduction epidermoid cysts are classified as one type of the spectrum of cystic teratomas 1 this spectrum describes three closely related histologic cysts includingdermoidcysts epidermoidcysts andteratoid cysts 1 these cysts are very rare and represent 0 01 of all oral cavity cysts.
The possibility of an epidermoid cyst should be considered if the constellation of features consists of the typical site for a ranula together with an echogenic internal echo pattern figs.
The main differential includes.
1 department of oral medicine and radiology manipal college of dental sciences manipal university mangalore karnataka india.
A 4 year old girl presented with a floor of mouth mass.
1 and 2 several nonenhancing ovoid nodules with restricted diffusion were present in the anterior section of the lesion.
Her parents noticed a swelling below the jaw and visited the physician.
A ranula is a mucus retention cyst arising from a sublingual or minor salivary gland.
The floor of the mouth is the part of the oral cavity that is located under the tongue.
Mri showed a midline t2 hyperintense well circumscribed mass superior to the mylohyoid muscle and splaying the geniohyoid muscles figs.
Risk factors include.
It may be involved in a wide range of pathologic processes some of which are unique to the region.
The mucosal surface of the floor of the mouth is easily examined clinically as superficial abnormalities can be assessed visually without the aid of imaging.
Ranula dermoid cysts and epidermoid cysts.
The hour glass figure of a plunging ranula extends outward through the muscles of the floor of the mouth to the submandibular bed.
False sialoceles hydatid cysts and thyroglossal duct cysts 3.
Squamous cell carcinoma of the floor of mouth epidemiology.
Case report of complicated epidermoid cyst of the floor of the mouth.
Epidermoid cyst of the floor of the mouth.
Baliga m 1 shenoy n 1 poojary d 1 mohan r 1 naik r 2.
The presence of a central midline well defined thin walled cystic lesion resting at the floor of the mouth gives a differential of dermoid epidermoid cyst.
