Carbon dioxide-laser microsurgical median glossotomy for resection of lingual dermoid cysts.
Dermoid cysts are epithelial-lined cavities with skin adnexae in the capsule. Only 7% present in the head and neck. Between 2004 and 2013, 4 patients with a lingual dermoid cyst underwent a microsurgical carbon dioxide (CO²) laser resection via a median sagittal glossotomy approach. This approach is...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2016-07-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Surgery |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fsurg.2016.00042/full |