{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,27]],"date-time":"2025-08-27T18:10:03Z","timestamp":1756318203152,"version":"3.44.0"},"reference-count":13,"publisher":"BMJ","issue":"7","content-domain":{"domain":["bmj.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["BMJ Case Rep"],"accepted":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,3]]},"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2022,7]]},"abstract":"<jats:p>A young girl presented with an insidious onset, gradually increasing midline submental swelling of 1-year duration and pain on swallowing for 6\u2009months. Ultrasonography of the neck suggested a hypoechoic cystic swelling of the submental region between the muscles of the floor of the mouth, with no increased vascularity. An extraoral surgical enucleation was done and a postoperative biopsy suggested an epidermoid cyst. Epidermoid cysts of the submental region are extremely rare and any midline head and neck lesion in children requires critical examination and evaluation to avoid complications. Here, we present a rare case of a paediatric submental epidermoid cyst and its clinical features and management.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1136\/bcr-2022-250722","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,12]],"date-time":"2022-07-12T13:15:41Z","timestamp":1657631741000},"page":"e250722","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Paediatric submental epidermoid cyst"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7324-5012","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Aparna","family":"Das","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"ENT, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"M C","family":"Trupthi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ENT, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Shaniah Skhembha","family":"War","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ENT, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ajoy Mathew","family":"Varghese","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ENT, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,12]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025082710340226000_15.7.e250722.1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/00001665-200203000-00024"},{"key":"2025082710340226000_15.7.e250722.2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1186\/1752-1947-1-87","article-title":"Sublingual epidermoid cyst: a case report","volume":"1","author":"Kandogan","year":"2007","journal-title":"J Med Case Rep"},{"key":"2025082710340226000_15.7.e250722.3","first-page":"30","article-title":"[Dermoid, epidermoid and teratoma cysts of the tongue and oral cavity floor]","volume":"56","author":"Dimov","year":"2000","journal-title":"Khirurgiia"},{"key":"2025082710340226000_15.7.e250722.4","first-page":"1","article-title":"Unusually large submandibular epidermoid cyst: a case report","volume":"1","author":"Agarwal","year":"2015","journal-title":"University Journal of Dental Science 2015;1(1):1-2"},{"key":"2025082710340226000_15.7.e250722.5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"90","DOI":"10.5005\/jcdp-8-3-90","article-title":"Epidermoid cyst of the buccal mucosa: a case report","volume":"8","author":"Ozan","year":"2007","journal-title":"J Contemp Dent Pract"},{"key":"2025082710340226000_15.7.e250722.6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e353","DOI":"10.1097\/SCS.0000000000005441","article-title":"A patient with toxoplasmosis as a cause of submental lymphadenopathy","volume":"30","author":"Sireci","year":"2019","journal-title":"J Craniofac Surg"},{"key":"2025082710340226000_15.7.e250722.7","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"10","DOI":"10.5348\/ijcri-2011-10-59-CR-3","article-title":"An unusual case of submental epidermoid cyst in a ten years old child: a case report","volume":"2","author":"Jha","year":"2011","journal-title":"Int J Case Rep Imag"},{"key":"2025082710340226000_15.7.e250722.8","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"204","DOI":"10.1590\/S1980-65232010000200019","article-title":"Epidermoid cyst: highlights on diagnosis and magnetic resonance imaging features","volume":"25","author":"Elias","year":"2010","journal-title":"Rev. odonto ci\u00eanc."},{"key":"2025082710340226000_15.7.e250722.9","unstructured":"Sanal HT . Ultrasound finding of dermoid cysts located in neck region: sack-of-marbles sign. InKBB forum 2008 Jan 1 (vol. 7, no. 1)."},{"key":"2025082710340226000_15.7.e250722.10","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"525S","DOI":"10.1177\/0145561319890694","article-title":"Epidermoid cyst of the buccal space in a pediatric patient\u2014a rare clinic report","volume":"100","author":"Rohde","year":"2021","journal-title":"Ear Nose Throat J"},{"key":"2025082710340226000_15.7.e250722.11","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"787","DOI":"10.1016\/S0278-2391(10)80424-0","article-title":"Coincidental sublingual and submental epidermoid cysts","volume":"51","author":"Worley","year":"1993","journal-title":"J Oral Maxillofac Surg"},{"key":"2025082710340226000_15.7.e250722.12","article-title":"Epidermoid cyst of the floor of the mouth: a case report","volume":"73","author":"Jham","year":"2007","journal-title":"J Can Dent Assoc"},{"key":"2025082710340226000_15.7.e250722.13","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0194-5998(03)00466-2"}],"container-title":["BMJ Case Reports"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/syndication.highwire.org\/content\/doi\/10.1136\/bcr-2022-250722","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,27]],"date-time":"2025-08-27T17:34:07Z","timestamp":1756316047000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/casereports.bmj.com\/lookup\/doi\/10.1136\/bcr-2022-250722"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2022,7]]},"references-count":13,"journal-issue":{"issue":"7","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,12]]},"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2022,7]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1136\/bcr-2022-250722"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/bcr-2022-250722","relation":{},"ISSN":["1757-790X"],"issn-type":[{"type":"electronic","value":"1757-790X"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2022,7]]}}}