Open AccessEpidermoid cyst in lower lip mimicking mucocele: A rare entity with review of literature
Author(s) -
Ketaki Kinikar,
M Venkateswarlu,
Avinash Tejasvi,
Harsha Bhayya
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of indian academy of oral medicine and radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0975-1572
pISSN - 0972-1363
DOI - 10.4103/0972-1363.189987
Subject(s) - epidermoid cyst , medicine , epidermal cyst , oral cavity , cyst , anatomy , mucocele , head and neck , dermis , pathology , surgery , dentistry
An epidermoid cyst is the most common cutaneous cyst, which is rarely observed in the oral cavity. Epidermoid cysts are the result of the proliferation of the surface epidermal cells within the dermis, which may occur anywhere in the body; however, approximately 6.9% are found in the head and neck region, with less than 0.01% incidence of all oral cavity cysts. In this report, we present a rare case of a labial epidermoid cyst in a 27-year-old woman with complaints of swelling and facial asymmetry in the lower lip beneath the left commissure for 3 years