A thyroglossal duct cyst tgdc is a common pediatric midline neck mass.
Cyst on midline floor of mouth.
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.
If small and asymptomatic further treatment may not be needed otherwise minor oral surgery may be indicated.
Age sex localization diagnostic technique and type of treatment were evaluated.
The piece is sent to histopathological study where it is diagnosed as thyroglossal duct cyst.
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.
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.
Ranulae present as a swelling of connective tissue consisting of collected mucin from a ruptured salivary gland caused by local trauma.
Age sex localization diagnostic technique and type of treatment were evaluated.
At imaging they appear as midline simple cystic lesions and are often indistinguishable from ranulas fig 12.
A ranula is a mucus extravasation cyst involving a sublingual gland and is a type of mucocele found on the floor of the mouth.
Cysts superficial to geniohyoid may cause posterosuperior displacement of the tongue dysphonia dysphagia 3 or airway obstruction 4.
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.
Figure 3 by blunt dissection the lesion is completely dissected figure 4 until its complete excision in a single piece figure 5.
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.
An incision is made on the floor of the mouth horizontally above the sublingual caruncle.