Lymphoepithelial Cyst in the Ventral Surface of the Tongue

Abstract

A lymphoepithelial cyst usually occurs in the lateral cervical areas. It is characterized histopathologically as the lymphoid tissue below the lining of the stratified squamous epithelium of the cyst, but the similar cyst occurs in the oral cavity. This report includes one case of this cyst on the left side of the ventral surface of the tongue of a 34-year-old woman. The tumor was observed to be approximately 7-8 mm in diameter. It was histopathologically observed with the parakeratinizing stratified squamous epithelium and consisted of lymphoid tissue.