Oral foregut duplication cysts: A rare and fascinating congenital lesion. Case report and review of the literature

Kurt J Knowles; Juraj Berkovic; Anil Gungor; Majd Al Shaarani; Valerie Lockhart; Firas Al-Delphi; Elba A Turbat-Herrera

doi:10.1016/j.amjoto.2016.11.008

Oral foregut duplication cysts: A rare and fascinating congenital lesion. Case report and review of the literature

Am J Otolaryngol. 2017 Nov-Dec;38(6):724-725. doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2016.11.008. Epub 2016 Nov 23.

Authors

Kurt J Knowles¹, Juraj Berkovic², Anil Gungor², Majd Al Shaarani³, Valerie Lockhart³, Firas Al-Delphi³, Elba A Turbat-Herrera³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA. Electronic address: kknow2@lsuhsc.edu.
² Department of Otolaryngology, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA.
³ Department of Pathology, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA.

PMID: 28595986
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2016.11.008

Abstract

Oral foregut duplication cysts are extremely rare lesions with approximately 57 cases reported. They are congenital cysts, located in the anterior or ventral tongue, and occur predominantly in males. They are lined by one or more types of epithelia which is limited to gastric, intestinal or respiratory epithelium. The differential diagnosis includes lymphangioma, hemangioma, ranula, epidermoid cyst, teratoma and less likely a malignant process.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Cysts / congenital*
Cysts / pathology
Cysts / surgery
Humans
Infant
Male
Tongue Diseases / congenital*
Tongue Diseases / pathology
Tongue Diseases / surgery