| JNDA Vol. 22 No. 2 Issue 35 (July - December 2022) | |
A Rare Case of Lympho-epithelial Cyst on Left Buccal Mucosa: Clinical Presentation and Surgical Approach |
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| Dr. Anuja Panthee, Dr. Kanchan Prakash Paudyal, Dr. Arpita Singh, Dr. Asmita Panthee | |
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| Abstract | |
Lymphoepithelial cysts are rare benign lesions, usually painless, yellowish nodules that arises from different parts of the body including oral cavity. They are regarded as pseudocysts of retention cysts, as the aetiopathogenesis is unclear. This article describes a case of uncommonly observed large lympho-epithelial cyst of a 64-year-old female who had presented with the history of a lump in the left buccal mucosa for 10 years. The patient underwent intraoral excisional biopsy, histopathological features shows outer peripheral part of cyst encircling lymphoid tissue, arranged in a follicular pattern of variable size with a prominent germinal cell suggestive of lympho-epithelial cyst.
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| Keywords | |
Benign cyst; lymphoepithelial cyst; salivary gland. |
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