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Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery > Volume 24(4); 1981 > Article
Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1981;24(4): 665-9.
3 Cases of Epidermoid Cyst of Submental Region
Myung In Youn, MD, and Kyung Myung Jun, MD (Director : Assoc. Prof. Jong Dam Lee, MD)
Department of Otolaryngology, College of Medicine, Busan National University, Korea
頣下部에 發生한 表皮樣囊腫의 3治驗例
尹明仁 · 全慶明 (指導 : 李鍾澹 敎授)
釜山大學校 醫科大學 耳鼻咽喉科學敎室
ABSTRACT

Epidermoid cyst of the submental region is a rare disease. This is a kind of dysontogenetic eyst which developed from a misplaced fetal inclusion. Dysontogenetic cyst can be classified into epidermoid, dermoid and teratoid cyst. Recently, the authors experienced 3 cases of epidermoid cysts in the submental region. Case 1 : Patient is 29-year-old female who has had noticed painless growing mass in the mouth floor for several years. A protruded smooth and soft mass could be palpated in the sublingual and submental region simultaneously. It was easily removed and was about 6.0×3.5×3.0cm sized cyst which contained cheeze like material. Case 2 : 35-year-old male has had similar mass as case 1 for 15 years, which was associated with speech and swallowing difficulty. The local finding was similar to case 1 and it was also easily removed. Its size was about 6.0×5.0×5.0cm and also contained cheeze like material in it. Case 3 : 25-year-old male had soft cystic mass which was palpable in left sublingual and submental region simultaneously. It was also easily removed and was about 8.0×5.0×4.0cm sized cyst which contained cheeze like material. All of the 3 cases were completely cured by surgical removal without recurrence and were diagnosed as epidermoid cyst by the histopathological finding.

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