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Sublingual epidermoid cyst in a neonate

Epidermoid cysts (EC) in the head and neck region could be considered a rare condition representing only 6.9% of all ECs occurring in the body. They occur rarely in children and neonates. We present a case of sublingual EC in a Nigerian neonate.

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Autores principales: Oginni, Fadekemi Olufunmilayo, Oladejo, Taoreed, Braimah, Ramat Oyebunmi, Adenekan, Anthony Taiwo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4073473/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24987608
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0746.133080
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author Oginni, Fadekemi Olufunmilayo
Oladejo, Taoreed
Braimah, Ramat Oyebunmi
Adenekan, Anthony Taiwo
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description Epidermoid cysts (EC) in the head and neck region could be considered a rare condition representing only 6.9% of all ECs occurring in the body. They occur rarely in children and neonates. We present a case of sublingual EC in a Nigerian neonate.
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spelling pubmed-40734732014-07-01 Sublingual epidermoid cyst in a neonate Oginni, Fadekemi Olufunmilayo Oladejo, Taoreed Braimah, Ramat Oyebunmi Adenekan, Anthony Taiwo Ann Maxillofac Surg Case Report - Oncology Epidermoid cysts (EC) in the head and neck region could be considered a rare condition representing only 6.9% of all ECs occurring in the body. They occur rarely in children and neonates. We present a case of sublingual EC in a Nigerian neonate. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4073473/ /pubmed/24987608 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0746.133080 Text en Copyright: © Annals of Maxillofacial Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report - Oncology
Oginni, Fadekemi Olufunmilayo
Oladejo, Taoreed
Braimah, Ramat Oyebunmi
Adenekan, Anthony Taiwo
Sublingual epidermoid cyst in a neonate
title Sublingual epidermoid cyst in a neonate
title_full Sublingual epidermoid cyst in a neonate
title_fullStr Sublingual epidermoid cyst in a neonate
title_full_unstemmed Sublingual epidermoid cyst in a neonate
title_short Sublingual epidermoid cyst in a neonate
title_sort sublingual epidermoid cyst in a neonate
topic Case Report - Oncology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4073473/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24987608
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0746.133080
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