Abstract
Treatment of cystic lesions includes multiple options, ranging from resection, decompression or marsupialization to enucleation. Different techniques for enucleation have been reported for head and neck cysts. This paper describes Shira's technique, using alginate as a filling material inside the cystic cavity, allowing demarcating the limits of the cystic lesions, maintaining their integrity.
Highlights
Cysts are defined as a pocket of connective-epithelial tissue, lined internally by epithelium and covered on its outer surface by connective tissue, enclosing liquid or semi-fluid content
Different techniques for enucleation have been reported for head and neck cysts
This paper describes Shiras technique, using alginate as a filling material inside the cystic cavity, allowing demarcating the limits of the cystic lesions, maintaining their integrity
Summary
Cysts are defined as a pocket of connective-epithelial tissue, lined internally by epithelium and covered on its outer surface by connective tissue, enclosing liquid or semi-fluid content. The origin of these lesions in the head and neck can be congenital, inflammatory and neoplastic [1,2]. Different techniques for enucleation have been described for head and neck cysts, such as hydro-dissection, sclerotherapy and alginate instillation described by Shira (1962), using it as a filling material inside the cystic cavity, delimiting the margins and maintaining the integrity of the lesion [5,6,7,8]. The aim of this study is to describe the enucleation of cervicofacial cysts using the Shira’s Technique
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