Epidermoid cyst presenting as a mass lesion in floor of mouth in an elderly male-a common lesion at an uncommon site

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Nitika Grover, Sonia Chhabra, Himadri Hazaarika, Vipul Gupta and Rajeev Sen

Epidermoid cysts are rare, benign, slow growing lesions that are histologically characterized by cystic spaces lined by simple squamous epithelium Epidermoid cysts in the oral cavity are exceptionally rare accounting for only 1.6% of all cases. In this report, we present a case of epidermoid cyst in the floor of the mouth, an extremely rare site of presentation, which was diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology and confirmed histopathologically.

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3532-3534
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http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/23956429.ijcmpr20180505
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