Median Palatine Cyst

Authors

  • Michael J. Gabe
  • Andrew Allmendinger
  • Robert Perone

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3941/jrcr.v3i7.269

Keywords:

Median palatine cyst, Fissural cyst, Computed Tomography, Nasopalatine cyst

Abstract

Median palatine cysts are rare, non-odontogenic fissural cysts of the hard palate. These cysts occur in the midline of the hard palate, behind the incisive canal. Only two case reports have documented these cysts on multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT), neither giving detailed descriptions of the cysts. Knowledge of their existence is important and should not be confused with malignant tumors. We present the first case describing the MDCT characteristics of the median palatine cyst.

Author Biographies

Michael J. Gabe

Resident

Department of Radiology

Andrew Allmendinger

Resident

Department of Radiology

Robert Perone

Attending

Department of Radiology

Published

2009-06-30

Issue

Section

Neuroradiology