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<journal-meta>
<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">JOHS</journal-id>
<journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Journ of Health Scien</journal-id>
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<journal-title>Journal of HealthCare Sciences</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">Journ of Health Scien</abbrev-journal-title>
</journal-title-group>
<issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn>
<issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
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<article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">139</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">http://dx.doi.org/10.52533/JOHS.2022.21217</article-id>
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<subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
<subject>Surgery</subject>
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</article-categories>
<title-group>
<article-title>Transoral Excision of Sublingual and Submental Dermoid Cyst of the Floor of the Mouth: A Case Report
</article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Alwatied</surname>
<given-names>Abdulaziz</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname/>
<given-names/>
</name>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<pub-date pub-type="ppub">
<day>31</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>2</volume>
<issue>12</issue>
<fpage>620</fpage>
<lpage>625</lpage>
<permissions>
<copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2009</copyright-year>
<license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">
<license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p>
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<abstract>
<p>Background: A dermoid cyst is a cystic lesion of developmental origin and uncertain etiology that rarely affects the floor of the mouth. It usually presents as a non-tender, slow-growing swelling in the sublingual region.
Case presentation: A large lesion was found in the sublingual and submandibular regions of a 15-year-old female patient who presented to our clinic with the chief complaint of a sublingual mass that had been present for many years but had enlarged over the last year. Computed tomography (CT) scans revealed a giant cystic mass that was a 4.6 x 3.3 cm flask-shaped cystic lesion with a non-enhancing wall in the midline of the sublingual space. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with contrast revealed a well-defined cystic mass with heterogeneous fluid on all sequences. The histopathology report was suggestive of a dermoid cyst. The intraoral approach was preferred for surgery, and no recurrence or complaints were detected during the follow-up period.
Conclusion: The pathological diagnosis of the presented case was an epidermoid cyst. For giant dermoid cysts, a surgical incision is considered an effective treatment of choice. This offers a good prognosis and very low chances of recurrence. To achieve the best cosmetic effects, an intraoral technique should be chosen whenever possible.
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</abstract>
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<kwd>dermoid cyst</kwd>
<kwd> intraoral</kwd>
<kwd> surgery</kwd>
<kwd> sublingual</kwd>
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