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Case Report
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| An unusual case of submental epidermoid cyst in a ten years old child: A case report |
| Anjani Kumar Jha1, Nanda Kishor Sahoo2 |
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1Dr Anjani Kumar Jha, MDS, Assistant Professor, Division of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Dental Surgery, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, India-411040.
2Dr Nanda Kishor Sahoo, MDS, FIBOMS, Professor & Head Of The Department Dept of Dental Surgery, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, India-411040. |
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10.5348/ijcri-2011-10-59-CR-3
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Address correspondence to: Dr Anjani Kumar Jha Consultant Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon #661, 8th Main, 6th Cross RPC Layout Vijayanagar Bangalore Karnataka India-560040 Phone: +917795836390 Email: anjansmile@rediffmail.com |
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| Jha AK, Sahoo NK. An unusual case of submental epidermoid cyst in a ten years old child: A case report. International Journal of Case Reports and Images 2011;2(10):10-13. |
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Abstract
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Introduction:
Epidermoid cysts of the neck occur less commonly than dermoid cysts of the head and neck. They are located mostly in the submental region and present as a painless slow growing swelling. The purpose of this article is to present an unusual case of submental epidermoid cyst which showed mobility and increase in the size on deglutition which is a very unusual finding.
Case Report: A 10-year-old female child reported to our centre with a complaint of painless swelling in the anterior midline of the neck. The swelling was about 5x4 cm in size. On clinical and radiological examination a provisional diagnosis of submental epidermoid was made. Surgical enucleation was done under General anaesthesia via an intraoral approach. Conclusion: Typically these types of cysts are not attached to the hyoid bone, but in our case it was attached both to the hyoid as well as the mandible and movement on deglutition was present which is a rare finding not reported till date. Considering the size and the location of the cyst extraoral approach was ideal for complete enucleation. But in our case we could achieve complete surgical enucleation via intraoral approach. | |
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Key Words:
Submental Epidermoid, Intraoral Approach, Hyoid bone, Mandible,
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Author Contributions:
Anjani Kumar Jha - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published NandaKishor Sahoo - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published |
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Guarantor of submission:
The corresponding author is the guarantor of submission. |
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Source of support:
None |
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Conflict of interest:
Authors declare no conflict of interest. |
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Copyright:
© Anjani Kumar Jha et al. 2011; This article is distributed the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any means provided the original authors and original publisher are properly credited. (Please see Copyright Policy for more information.) |
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