title: Surgical management of a large median dermoid cyst of the neck causing airway obstruction. A case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Dermoid cysts of the floor of the mouth and submandibular space represent an unusual clinical entity.
  
  
  METHODS
  A case of an enlarged median dermoid cyst in a young female adult causing obstruction of the airway is reported.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The need of an extraoral and intraoral incision for the removal of the cyst is discussed, along with a review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, "Evangelismos" General Hospital Dental School, University of Athens, Pl. Voriou Ipirou 5, Patras, 26441, Greece.
authors.forename: Nick
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Papadogeorgakis
authors.forename: Evagelos F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Kalfarentzos
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vourlakou
authors.forename: Constantinos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Alexandridis
mesh_terms: D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009060:Mouth Floor / Q000601:surgery; D009333:Neck / Q000601:surgery*; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D055815:Young Adult