[Teratoid cyst: a rare tongue tumor in children].
BACKGROUND
Dermoid cysts are rare benign tumours (only 20 cases have been reported) with 3 different histological types. Only 5 cases of teratoid cyst of the tongue have been described in the world literature, characterized by a respiratory cilied epithelium.


METHODS
We report the sixth case, in a one-year-old boy with a macroglossia and permanent protrusion of the tongue. Ultrasonography showed a kystic, ovoid, homogeneous cyst. Treatment was a surgical resection.


CONCLUSIONS
This case is similar to the other cases reported in the literature.
Gleizal
A
A
Service de Chirurgie Maxillo-Faciale, Hôpitaux du Nord, 93, Grande Rue de la Croix-Rousse, 69317 Lyon Cedex 04.
Nimeskern
N
N
Lebreton
Fr
F
Beziat
J-L
JL
D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008260:Macroglossia / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D013724:Teratoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery