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Revista Cubana de Pediatría

versión impresa ISSN 0034-7531versión On-line ISSN 1561-3119

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GBENOU MORGAN, Yurian; FLORES OBAYA, Mercedes  y  ALMUNIA QUESADA, Jorge Alberto. Cervical dermoid cyst. Rev Cubana Pediatr [online]. 2015, vol.87, n.3, pp.382-387. ISSN 0034-7531.

Dermoid cysts have an incidence rate of 1.6 to 6.9 % in the head and the neck. This is the report of a clinical case aimed at making emphasis on the importance of an adequate preoperative diagnostic management in order to set a right surgical planning in the excision of this type of lesions in the cervicofacial region. A 13 years-old patient, who had noticed a rounded growth under his chin for three years, which caused discomfort on speaking and mild effects on its facial esthetics. After the preoperative supplementary studies, it was decided to make surgery by using medial cervicotomy for excision of cystic lesion due to the anatomical location of the cyst below the mylohyoid muscle and to its great dimension. The histopathological diagnosis was epidermal cyst. It was concluded that it is indispensable to make thorough physical and imaging examination to achieve satisfactory results in the surgical treatment of a cervical dermoid cyst.

Palabras clave : cervical dermoid cyst; medial cervicotomy; congenital cystic lesions; floor of mouth.

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