Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons  2014;40(6):313-315

doi:10.5125/jkaoms.2014.40.6.313

Oral foregut cyst in the ventral tongue: a case report.

Eun Jung KWAK 1 ; Young Soo JUNG ; Hyung Sik PARK ; Hwi Dong JUNG

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Keywords

Oral foregut cyst; Foregut cyst; Lingual cyst; Lingual cyst with respiratory epithelium

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

English

Abstract

An oral foregut cyst is a rare congenital choristoma lined by the respiratory and/or gastrointestinal epithelium. The exact etiology has not been fully identified, but it is thought to arise from misplaced primitive foregut. This lesion develops asymptomatically but sometimes causes difficulty in swallowing and pronunciation depending on its size. Thus, the first choice of treatment is surgical excision. Surgeons associated with head and neck pathology should include the oral foregut cyst in the differential diagnosis for ranula, dermoid cyst, thyroglossal duct cyst and lymphangioma in cases of pediatric head and neck lesions.