Dermoid of the floor of the mouth
| Autor: | Ajay Malhotra, Frank J. Welte |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Floor of mouth
integumentary system business.industry Plunging ranula Epidermoid cyst Anatomy medicine.disease Geniohyoid Magnetic Resonance Imaging Lesion Lymphatic system Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health otorhinolaryngologic diseases medicine Mylohyoid muscle Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Female Mouth Neoplasms medicine.symptom business Dermoid Cyst |
| Zdroj: | Pediatric radiology. 40 |
| ISSN: | 1432-1998 |
| Popis: | A 4-year-old girl presented with a floor-of-mouth mass. MRI showed a midline, T2 hyperintense, well-circumscribed mass superior to the mylohyoid muscle and splaying the geniohyoid muscles (Figs. 1 and 2). Several nonenhancing ovoid nodules with restricted diffusion were present in the anterior section of the lesion. Differential diagnoses included dermoid or epidermoid cyst, plunging ranula, and lymphatic malformation. Post-resection pathology demonstrated findings indicative of a dermoid. Dermoid cysts can contain fat, hair follicles, or other skin appendages and are lined by a keratinizing squamous epithelium. In contrast, epidermoid cysts are lined by a |
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