Open AccessLarge lingual heterotopic gastrointestinal cyst in a newborn: A case report
Author(s) -
AtsushiDoksa Lee,
Kazuhiro Harada,
Susumu Tanaka,
Yusuke Yokota,
Takashi Mima,
Akifumi Enomoto,
Mikihiko Kogo
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i17.3808
Subject(s) - medicine , cyst , tongue , surgery , gastrointestinal epithelium , respiratory epithelium , airway , epithelium , pathology
Heterotopic gastrointestinal cysts have gastrointestinal epithelium in the cyst wall and rarely occur in the oral cavity. Most are found in the neonatal period. However, heterotopic gastrointestinal cysts that are diagnosed as a congenital tongue cyst by routine ultrasonography are extremely rare.