Vol.96 No.12 contentsPRACTICA OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGICA
Vol. 96 No.12 December 2003
Large Nasopalatine Duct Cyst; A Case Report
Tsunehisa Ohno, Kouzou Ohta, Nobuya Fujiki and Aiko Taniguchi
(Otsu Red Cross Hospital)
Kazuyuki Ichimaru
(Toyooka Hospital)
Haruo Takahashi
(Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences)
We report a patient with a large nasopalatine duct cyst treated with the help of an oral appliance. A 72-year-old male complained of swelling in the anterior median part of the hard palate. Preoperative CT scan demonstrated a large cystic lesion with a large defect in the palatal bone, which deformed his nasal structure. The cyst was totally removed through a gingival approach. A large dead space left after removal of the cyst was healed in 15 weeks by pressing with an oral appliance.
Key words : nasopalatine duct cyst, an oral appliance, a large dead space