Nasolabial cyst: a rare presentation to the oral and maxillofacial surgeon

ABSTRACT

The nasolabial cyst is non-odontogenic fissural cyst. It appears in the soft tissues of the oral cavity on the region corresponding to the nasolabial furrow and alar nose. The time of appearance of this cyst is late in origin and frequently asymptomatic swelling elevating the nasal ala. The occurrence rate is extremely low and the clinical characteristics of this lesion and histopathology play very important role to recognize this cyst. The management of the cyst is by surgical excision intraorally. The purpose of this case report is to express the occurrence and diagnostic confirmation of this cyst to oral and maxillofacial surgeons and to understand the importance of the cyst in facial disfigurement