Clinical analysis of 120 cases of intraoral lymphoepithelial cyst
Objective. The aim of this study was to analyze a single institutions experience in the clinical management of intraoral lymphoepithelial cyst (LEC).. Study design. From 1993 to 2010, a total of 120 consecutive patients with intraoral LEC underwent surgery and were retrospectively investigated regarding its clinical appearance, clinical differential diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis. Results. Of the 120 patients, 37 were male and 83 female, their ages ranging from 2 to 75 years with a mean of 44.1 years. The most common locations were the tongue (50％) and floor of mouth (38.3％). The course of disease ranged from 2 months to 10 years with a mean of 8.0 months, and 75.8％ of the patients had a course of disease <6 months. Routine laboratory examinations were within normal limits. All patients underwent complete surgical removal of the lesions. During the follow-up period, no lesion recurrence occurred, and the quality of life of each patient was good. Conclusions. The clinical characteristics of intraoral LEC are not specific and may be confused with other intraoral lesions. The first choice of treatment is surgical excision, which results in a good prognosis.
Xi Yang Andrew Ow Chen-ping Zhang Li-zhen Wang Wen-jun Yang Yong-jie Hu Lai-ping Zhong
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ninth Peoples Hos-pital, School of Stomatology, Shang Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore Department of Oral Pathology, Ninth Peoples Hospital, School of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong Uni
国际会议
上海
英文
335-339
2011-12-28（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）