TY - JOUR
T1 - Heterotopic oral gastrointestinal cyst
AU - Said-Al-Naief, Nasser
AU - Fantasia, John E.
AU - Sciubba, James J.
AU - Ruggiero, Salvatore
AU - Sachs, Stephen
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - Oral heterotopic gastrointestinal cyst is a rare entity occurring in infants and children and showing a predilection for males. The cyst usually appears as an asymptomatic swelling in the floor of the mouth. Difficulty in feeding, swallowing, respiration, and speech have been reported in approximately 30% of those affected. The tongue - in particular, its anterior aspectis involved in up to 60% of reported cases. The clinical, radiographic, and histopathologic features of cases of heterotopic gastrointestinal cyst involving the anterior tongue in a 2-year-old girl and the anterior floor of the mouth in a 2-month-old boy are presented, and theories of pathogenesis are discussed.
AB - Oral heterotopic gastrointestinal cyst is a rare entity occurring in infants and children and showing a predilection for males. The cyst usually appears as an asymptomatic swelling in the floor of the mouth. Difficulty in feeding, swallowing, respiration, and speech have been reported in approximately 30% of those affected. The tongue - in particular, its anterior aspectis involved in up to 60% of reported cases. The clinical, radiographic, and histopathologic features of cases of heterotopic gastrointestinal cyst involving the anterior tongue in a 2-year-old girl and the anterior floor of the mouth in a 2-month-old boy are presented, and theories of pathogenesis are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1016/S1079-2104(99)70197-6
DO - 10.1016/S1079-2104(99)70197-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 10442949
AN - SCOPUS:0033159109
SN - 1079-2104
VL - 88
SP - 80
EP - 86
JO - Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology, and endodontics
JF - Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology, and endodontics
IS - 1
ER -