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Mass at the ventral surface of the tongue occluding the whole oral cavity.
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Examination of oral cavity, revealed a mass occupying the ventral surface of the tongue measuring about 3 cm x 3 cm, pushing the tongue superoposteriorly (Figure 1).
CT neck (axial) noted tongue is bulky and enhanced. There is ill defined area at anteroinferior part of the tongue.
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Computed tomography (CT) scan was arranged within 24 hours post-delivery, that revealed an area of fluid density at anteroinferior part of the tongue (Figure 2), without any evidence of airway obstruction and a vascular lesion on CT.
Post aspiration enabled the newborn to obtain wide mouth opening and perfect lip seal for sucking.
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With single aspiration procedure, the cystic mass subsided after aspiration with resultant adequate intraoral airway passage which aided in perfect lip seal facilitating suckling (Figure 3).