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CASE REPORT
Year : 2011  |  Volume : 1  |  Issue : 5  |  Page : 285-288

Extensive nasopalatine duct cyst causing nasolabial protrusion


1 Dept. of Oral Surgery, Chettinad Dental College and Research Institute, Chennai, India
2 Dept. of Periodontia, Chettinad Dental College and Research Institute, Chennai, India
3 Dental Surgeon

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The nasopalatine duct cyst (NPDC), also known as nasopalatine cyst or elevator shaft cyst, is a developmental, non-neoplastic cyst that is considered to be the most common nonodontogenic cyst. It is one of many pathologic processes that may occur within the jawbones, but it is unique in that it develops in only a single location, in the midline anterior maxilla. Nasopalatine cysts are usually asymptomatic, but may sometimes produce an elevation in the anterior portion of the palate, and are discovered incidentally during routine radiological examination. Radiographically, it appears as a heart-shaped radiolucency. In this article, we report a case of nasopalatine duct cyst along with a review of its epidemiology, etiology, diagnostic work-up, differential diagnosis and therapeutic strategies.


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