In this radiology lecture, we review the ultrasound appearance of sublingual dermoid cyst and explain floor of mouth anatomy!

Key teaching points include:

• The floor of the mouth is a horseshoe-shaped area beneath tongue and in between sides of mandible, inferiorly bounded by mylohyoid muscle, and containing sublingual space (SLS)


• SLS medial border: Midline genioglossus/geniohyoid muscle complex; SLS inferolateral border: Mylohyoid muscle


• Anterior margin of hyoglossus muscle projects into posterior SLS


• Sublingual dermoid cyst is a rare, benign cyst with squamous epithelial lining and contains skin appendages


• Dermoid and epidermoid cysts are in same family, terminology often used interchangeably, although epidermoid cysts less common and tend to contain fluid contents only


• Dermoid cyst mean age of presentation late teens to twenties, average age 30


• Presents as a slowly enlarging neck mass, may cause dysphagia


• Often round or oval in shape and homogeneously hypoechoic with punctate echogenic foci


• May have pathognomonic “sack of marbles” appearance


• Relationship to mylohyoid is key for surgical planning: Intraoral resection for sublingual (above mylohyoid) location, extraoral approach for submental/submandibular (below mylohyoid) location


• Most cysts are midline


• DDx: Suprahyoid thyroglossal duct cyst, ranula (simple and diving), abscess and lymphangioma

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