Open AccessSubmental dermoid cyst mimicking double chin
Author(s) -
SureshBabu Bommaji,
MdYousuf Qureshi,
GSantosh Reddy,
Sandhya Rampati
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
nigerian journal of surgery/nigerian journal of surgery
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7100
pISSN - 1117-6806
DOI - 10.4103/njs.njs_36_18
Subject(s) - dermoid cyst , chin , anatomy , cyst , medicine , epidermis (zoology) , appendage , biology , surgery
Dermoid cysts are developmental cysts, arising from entrapped midline ectodermal tissue lined by epidermis, with skin appendages present in the fibrous wall when the 1 st and 2 nd branchial arches of each side fuse and the entrapped tissues then undergo proliferation and cystic transformation. A 27-year-old male reported with a single large swelling in the submental region of 1-year duration, which was diagnosed as dermoid cyst after surgical excision using extraoral approach.