Surgery & Clinical Medicine

  • It is a congenital sequestration dermoid cyst. Could be acquired (when face and neck formed by fusion of the facial processes, a piece of epidermis may get trapped deep in the mid-line just behind the jaw)

  • Cystic swelling in the floor of mouth

  • Transillumination- Negative. Contain Cells

  1. 2) sublingual
  2. Cervical dermoid cyst

Dermoid cyst is a cyst that is deep to the skin and lined by skin, can be congenital or acquired

can occurs at any point in the mid-line of the trunk