Concomitant congenital intraoral dermoid cyst and heterotopic gastrointestinal cyst
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Robinson, Liam
Sengoatsi, Tshepang
Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus
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Sublingual dermoid cysts and oral heterotopic gastrointestinal cysts are well-documented causes of sublingual swellings in infants. However, the simultaneous occurrence of both cysts is an extremely rare phenomenon, with only two previous cases reported in literature. We present a case of 1-month-old neonate with a cystic ventral tongue mass that on histologic examination showed a dermoid cyst with co-existing heterotopic gastric-type epithelium in the wall. Additional histochemical stains revealed focal areas of colonic metaplasia within the heterotopic gastric epithelium. CDX2 immunohistochemical staining confirmed derivation from colonic epithelium.
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Congenital sublingual cyst, Sublingual dermoid cyst, Oral heterotopic gastrointestinal cyst, Neonate, Sublingual swelling, Dermoid cyst, Heterotopic gastrointestinal cyst, Cystic ventral tongue mass, Histologic examination, Gastric-type epithelium, Colonic metaplasia, CDX2 immunohistochemical staining, Pediatric oral pathology, Rare oral conditions
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Robinson, L., Sengoatsi, T. & van Heerden, W.F.P. Concomitant Congenital Intraoral Dermoid Cyst and Heterotopic Gastrointestinal Cyst. Head and Neck Pathology 15, 298–302 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12105-020-01160-0.