Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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- E-ISSN2234-5930
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ISSN : 2234-7550
Oral foregut cyst in the ventral tongue: a case report
Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons / Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, (P)2234-7550; (E)2234-5930
2014, v.40 no.6, pp.313-315
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(2014). Oral foregut cyst in the ventral tongue: a case report. Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, 40(6), 313-315.
Abstract
An oral foregut cyst is a rare congenital choristoma lined by the respiratory and/or gastrointestinal epithelium. The exact etiology has not been fully identified,but it is thought to arise from misplaced primitive foregut. This lesion develops asymptomatically but sometimes causes difficultyin swal-lowing and pronunciation depending on its size. Thus, the firstchoice of treatment is surgical excision. Surgeons associated with head and neck pathol-ogy should include the oral foregut cyst in the differential diagnosis for ranula, dermoid cyst, thyroglossal duct cyst and lymphangioma in cases of pediatric head and neck lesions.
- keywords
- Oral foregut cyst, Foregut cyst, Lingual cyst, Lingual cyst with respiratory epithelium
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