口腔底に發生せる巨大なる粉瘤の1例

　緒言

　口腔底に於ける嚢腫として通常見られるものとしては，蝦蟇腫，腮管嚢腫，皮樣嚢腫等であるが，余等は最近該部に発生した粉瘤腫の1例を経験したので1報せんとする．

MIBE AND ABE report a case of atheromatous (yst found on the floor of the mouth in a woman, aged 21. It is rather uncommon to find a cyst of this rature in this particular area. But, there was no difficulty encountered in its removal because the growth, though large and pultaceous in cha-racter was smoothly walled off including its sttachment at the base devoid of any strong adhesions. It measured after removal 5 X 3 cm and weighed 3.5 g. and had an egg-shaped con-tour. The patient was affected with a speech defect that resembled a condition met in case of fore shortened frenum but, no improvement of this defect was seen after the operation.