Upper lip swelling caused by a large dentigerous cyst.
Swelling of the upper lip can result from various diseases such as salivary tumors, infectious and inflammatory diseases and cysts. Among the latter, dentigerous cysts, typically involving unerupted teeth, are sometimes associated with supernumerary teeth in the maxillary anterior incisors region called the mesiodens. We report an unusual case of a large dentigerous cyst associated with an impacted mesiodens in a 42-year-old male who presented with a slow-growing swelling in the upper lip.
Scolozzi
Paolo
P
Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, CHUV (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois), 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland. scolozzi@hotmail.com
Lombardi
Tommaso
T
Richter
Michel
M
D000328:Adult; D003803:Dentigerous Cyst / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008047:Lip Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla; D014095:Tooth, Impacted / Q000150:complications