nasoalveolar cyst

nasoalveolar cyst
nasolabial cyst an inclusion cyst arising from epithelial remnants at the junction of the lateral nasal and maxillary processes; it may cause a swelling in the mucolabial fold and in the floor of the nose and superficial erosion of the outer surface of the maxilla.

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