Oral cavity & oropharynx
Developmental anomalies
Dermoid / epidermoid cyst
Author: Charu Thakral, M.D.
Last author update: 1 January 2013
Last staff update: 17 August 2022
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PubMed Search: ("Dermoid cyst") ("epidermoid cyst") oral
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Definition / general | Case reports | Treatment | Clinical images | Gross images | Microscopic (histologic) description | Microscopic (histologic) imagesCite this page: Thakral C. Dermoid / epidermoid cyst. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/oralcavitydermoidcyst.html. Accessed December 20th, 2024.
Definition / general
- Midline in floor of mouth
- Present at birth but asymptomatic until inflamed
Case reports
- 11 year old boy with sublingual epidermoid cyst (J Med Case Rep 2007;1:87)
- 21 year old woman with sublingual dermoid cyst and difficulty in swallowing food (Case Rep Otolaryngol 2012;2012:634949)
- 25 year old man with epidermoid cyst presenting as large sublingual swelling (J Can Dent Assoc 2007;73:525)
Treatment
- Conservative surgical removal
Clinical images
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Submental swelling
Gross images
Contributed by Dhiraj B. Nikumbh, M.D.
Multiple tonsillar epidermoid cyst
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Sublingual dermoid cyst
Sublingual epidermoid cyst
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Lined by squamous epithelium, contains skin adnexae if dermoid cyst
Microscopic (histologic) images
Contributed by Dhiraj B. Nikumbh, M.D.
Multiple tonsillar epidermoid cyst
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Cyst filled with keratin
Sebaceous gland and hair follicles
