Heterotopic oral gastrointestinal cyst: report of 2 cases and review of the literature.
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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Department of Oral Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY 11040, USA.
Fantasia
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Sciubba
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Ruggiero
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Sachs
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D002828:Choristoma / Q000473:pathology*; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004064:Digestive System; D005260:Female; D005753:Gastric Mucosa; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D009060:Mouth Floor / Q000473:pathology; D013270:Stomach; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000473:pathology