Management of epidermoid cyst

Document Type : Original Article

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Lecturer of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, South Valley University

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Epidermoid cysts has rare occurrence in oral and maxillofacial region and need special care during its management
Patients and methods : All the patients presented with epidermoid cysts in maxillofacial department faculty of oral and dental medicine, south valley university , from January 2014 to January 2017 were managed and their clinical data were collected
Results: Number of the patients presented with epidermoid cysts were 10, (seven males and three females) were 3 periorbital epidermoid cysts,2peri auricular,2 sublingual, 2 labial and one submandibular cysts, there was no postoperative complication. Only one case of recurrence
Conclusion: Although epidermoid cysts are rare ,but they has clinical significance and should be considered on differential diagnosis of the soft tissue cysts, of maxillofacial region,

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