We present the first reported case of a multifocal floor of mouth fom cervical tgdc representing an atypical embryonic course.
Cyst on midline floor of mouth.
If small and asymptomatic further treatment may not be needed otherwise minor oral surgery may be indicated.
Most tgdcs occur in the region of the hyoid bone but have been found less commonly in areas from the oral cavity to the sternum.
Cysts superficial to geniohyoid may cause posterosuperior displacement of the tongue dysphonia dysphagia 3 or airway obstruction 4.
At imaging they appear as midline simple cystic lesions and are often indistinguishable from ranulas fig 12.
Epidermoid cysts are lined by simple squamous epithelium and are more frequently seen in the floor of mouth than in the submandibular space.
During the surgery to remove this cyst doctors found another deeply embedded in the mylohyoid muscle at the floor of the mouth which required careful separation.
Figure 3 by blunt dissection the lesion is completely dissected figure 4 until its complete excision in a single piece figure 5.
A ranula is a mucus extravasation cyst involving a sublingual gland and is a type of mucocele found on the floor of the mouth.
Age sex localization diagnostic technique and type of treatment were evaluated.
A thyroglossal duct cyst tgdc is a common pediatric midline neck mass.
Sixteen cases of patients with a diagnosis of midline cyst of the floor of the mouth treated at the maxillofacial surgery department of the school of medicine and surgery of the federico ii university of naples naples italy were observed over a 10 year period between 1988 and 1998.
An incision is made on the floor of the mouth horizontally above the sublingual caruncle.
The doctor could feel a 2 x 2 cm mass on her tongue muscle near the midline in the floor of her mouth and an mri confirmed it.
Age sex localization diagnostic technique and type of treatment were evaluated.
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.