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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Soujanya Thummathati, MBBS [2]
Overview
Differential Diagnosis
Dermoid cysts of the floor of the mouth
Dermoid cysts of the floor of the mouth must be differentiated from the following:[1]<
- Metastatic neoplasms to the oral cavity
- Pilomatrixoma
- Steatocystoma multiplex
- Trichilemmal cyst (pilar cyst)
- Pilonidal cyst
- Encephalocele (when dermoid cysts appear on the medial aspect of the orbit)
- Infectious process
- Ranula
- Lymphatic malformation
- Heterotopic gastrointestinal cyst
- Duplication foregut cyst
References
- ↑ Ohta N, Watanabe T, Ito T, Kubota T, Suzuki Y, Ishida A; et al. (2012). "A case of sublingual dermoid cyst: extending the limits of the oral approach". Case Rep Otolaryngol. 2012: 634949. doi:10.1155/2012/634949. PMC 3465894. PMID 23056976.