title: [Teratoid cyst: a rare tongue tumor in children].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Maxillo-Faciale, Hôpitaux du Nord, 93, Grande Rue de la Croix-Rousse, 69317 Lyon Cedex 04.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gleizal
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nimeskern
authors.forename: Fr
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lebreton
authors.forename: J-L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Beziat
mesh_terms: 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