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  • Case Report   
  • Otolaryngol (Sunnyvale) 2017, Vol 7(1): 287
  • DOI: 10.4172/2161-119X.1000287

Large Sublingual Dermoid Cyst in the Floor of Mouth and Submental Space

Mohamed Saleh Elarbi*, Hamza Alshawish and Osama Khalifa
Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, AOA Neurosurgery university hospital, Tripoli, West Tripoli, , Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
*Corresponding Author : Mohamed Saleh Elarbi M,medSC, FFDRCSI, Head of Department, Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, AOA Neurosurgery university hospital, Tripoli, West Tripoli, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Tel: 00218913163322, Email: mselarbi@hotmail.com

Received Date: Dec 22, 2016 / Accepted Date: Jan 30, 2017 / Published Date: Feb 06, 2017

Abstract

A dermoid cysts are benign congenital lesions of ectodermal origin not commonly seen in the mouth, however when presents as a swelling in the middle of the mouth floor and its developmental lesion usually due to retention of germinal epithelium during growth of branchial arches and Lower jaw. Usually diagnosed during the 2nd and 3rd decade of life and rarely seen in children. This is a case of 13 years old boy was presented with firm painless swelling in the floor of mouth extending into the submental space, dermoid cyst should be considered in the differential diagnosis as one of the lesions presented in any midline swelling. The main treatment is surgical excision using an intraoral approach to avoid scar extra-orally.

Keywords: Dermoid cyst; Floor of the mouth; Congenital lesions; Submental; Sublingual space

Citation: Elarbi MS, Alshawish H, Khalifa O (2017) Large Sublingual Dermoid Cyst in the Floor of Mouth and Submental Space. Otolaryngology 7:287. Doi: 10.4172/2161-119X.1000287

Copyright: © 2017 Elarbi MS, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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