Term information
Gastric duplication cyst of tongue
Enteric duplication cyst of tongue
Foregut duplication cyst of tongue
An extremely rare otorhinolaryngological malformation, which occurs during early embryogenesis. The disorder has characteristics of a single and on occasions multiple cystic lesion that is most frequently located in the anterior portion of the tongue, either deeply embedded within it or superficially on it. Depending mostly on size and location of the cyst, patients could be asymptomatic or could present a wide array of symptoms, such as varying degrees of respiratory and feeding difficulties, lingual swelling and protrusion, dysphagia, and more rarely, recurrent bleeding or brownish discharge from a lingual sinus.
Term relations
- Disease (disorder)
- Disease (disorder) and Role group (attribute) some (
Associated morphology (attribute) some Embryonic cyst (morphologic abnormality) and
Occurrence (attribute) some Congenital (qualifier value) and
Finding site (attribute) some Tongue structure (body structure) and
Pathological process (attribute) some Pathological developmental process (qualifier value))