Choristoma: A rare congenital tumor of the tongue

Most congenital masses of the mouth floor are cystic, irrespective of their origin. They may obstruct airway or digestive tract or may present other complications. Recognizing and treating these masses expeditiously is imperative. Choristoma is a mass of normal tissue in an abnormal location; they a...

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Autores principales: Jorquera, Jessica Patricia Correa, Rubio-Palau, Josep, Cazalla, Asteria Albert, Rodríguez-Carunchio, Leonardo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5343649/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28299279
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0746.200342
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author Jorquera, Jessica Patricia Correa
Rubio-Palau, Josep
Cazalla, Asteria Albert
Rodríguez-Carunchio, Leonardo
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description Most congenital masses of the mouth floor are cystic, irrespective of their origin. They may obstruct airway or digestive tract or may present other complications. Recognizing and treating these masses expeditiously is imperative. Choristoma is a mass of normal tissue in an abnormal location; they are classified according to the predominant epithelial lining. Few cases have been reported lined with gastric and respiratory epithelia within the same cyst. This case report presents a 5-month-old boy with an infected choristoma involving the floor of the mouth and its successful management.
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spelling pubmed-53436492017-03-15 Choristoma: A rare congenital tumor of the tongue Jorquera, Jessica Patricia Correa Rubio-Palau, Josep Cazalla, Asteria Albert Rodríguez-Carunchio, Leonardo Ann Maxillofac Surg Case Report Most congenital masses of the mouth floor are cystic, irrespective of their origin. They may obstruct airway or digestive tract or may present other complications. Recognizing and treating these masses expeditiously is imperative. Choristoma is a mass of normal tissue in an abnormal location; they are classified according to the predominant epithelial lining. Few cases have been reported lined with gastric and respiratory epithelia within the same cyst. This case report presents a 5-month-old boy with an infected choristoma involving the floor of the mouth and its successful management. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5343649/ /pubmed/28299279 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0746.200342 Text en Copyright: © 2017 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-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Cazalla, Asteria Albert
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Choristoma: A rare congenital tumor of the tongue
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title_full Choristoma: A rare congenital tumor of the tongue
title_fullStr Choristoma: A rare congenital tumor of the tongue
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title_short Choristoma: A rare congenital tumor of the tongue
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5343649/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28299279
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0746.200342
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