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Upper lip swelling caused by a large dentigerous cyst

Scolozzi, Paolo ; Lombardi, Tommaso ; Richter, Michel

In: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology and Head & Neck, 2005, vol. 262, no. 3, p. 246-249

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    Title
    • Upper lip swelling caused by a large dentigerous cyst
    Author
    • Scolozzi, Paolo. Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, CHUV (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois), 1011, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Lombardi, Tommaso. Laboratory of Oral Histopathology, Faculty of Medicine, 19 Rue Barthélemy-Menn, 1205, Geneva, Switzerland
    • Richter, Michel. Division of Reconstructive Surgery Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, University of Geneva Hospital, 24 Micheli-du-Crest, Geneva, Switzerland
    Document Type
    • Postprint
    Language
    • English
    Published in
    • European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology and Head & Neck, 2005, vol. 262, no. 3, p. 246-249. Springer-Verlag
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    OAI-PMH Identifier
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:319466
    Summary
    Swelling of the upper lip can result from various diseases such as salivary tumors, infectious and inflammatory diseases and cysts. Among the latter, dentigerous cysts, typically involving unerupted teeth, are sometimes associated with supernumerary teeth in the maxillary anterior incisors region called the mesiodens. We report an unusual case of a large dentigerous cyst associated with an impacted mesiodens in a 42-year-old male who presented with a slow-growing swelling in the upper lip