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Patient extra-oral photograph showed a smooth-surfaced, soft, and painful mass, with well-defined margins in the right mandibular region.
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Clinical examination revealed a smooth-surfaced, soft, and painful mass, with well-defined margins in the left mandibular region (Figure 1).
Panoramic radiograph of this patient; root remnant (white arrow) was detected in the left maxillary molar area.
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In her panoramic radiographic examination, root remnant was detected in the left maxillary molar area, possibly related to pain in her face (Figure 2).
(a) Ultrasound image of the patient showing a well-defined, hypoechoic solid lesion in her superficial lobe of the parotid gland. The lesion had echogenic septas and acoustic empowerment over the posterior region. (b) The lesion was measured approximately 40 x 18 mm in size.
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The lesion had echogenic septas and acoustic empowerment over the posterior region (Figure 3).
CT scans showed a low density homogeneous capsulated mass with sharp margins in the superficial lobe of the left parotid gland.
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In contrast to CT images, lesion was diagnosed as lipoma due to well-demarcated, hypodense density (Figure 4).