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Giant enterocystoma within an infant's tongue

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

P. D. Grime*
Affiliation:
Roehampton
*
P. D. Grime, F.R.C.S., F.D.S.R.C.S., Queen Mary's University Hospital, Roehampton Lane, London SW15 5PN.

Abstract

A rare developmental cyst within the tongue and submandibular triangle ofa male infant containing heterotopic gastric and intestinal epithelium (enterocystoma) is described and its derivation discussed. This cyst was ofsuch a size as to cause feeding difficulties and partial airway obstruction during sleep. Following C.T. scanning, total obstruction necessitated an emergency tracheostomy. Successful enucleation via a median labiomandibulotomy was performed without further complication and two years later there is no sign of recurrence.

Type
Clinical Records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1990

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