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Swelling at the left submandibular region.
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The swelling was mobile in vertical direction on swallowing (Figure 1).
Longitudinal grey-scale ultrasound in the left submandibular region shows an anechoic TDC with thick wall.
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Ultrasonographic examination of submandibular swelling showed well-defined cystic lesion with thick wall measuring 1.13 x 1.27 cm (Figure 2).
Photomicrograph (haematoxylin and eosin section; x10 magnification) showing columnar and flattened epithelium of cyst with focal aggregate of chronic inflammatory cells supported by fibrocollagenous cyst wall.
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The histological haematoxylin and eosin section showed columnar and flattened epithelium lining of cyst with focal aggregates of chronic inflammatory cells supported by fibrocollagenous cyst wall (Figure 3).