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Pathology Quiz Case 2
Turker Yilmaz, MD;
Omer Faruk Unal, MD;
Gulcin Altinok, MD
Ankara, Turkey
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2001;127:1391-1393.
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A 9-YEAR-OLD GIRL in good health presented to the ear, nose, and throat
clinic with a complaint of swelling, which was limited to the floor of her
mouth, causing slight difficulty in chewing and speech. The patient had no
complaints of pain and, clinically, there was no inflammation. Her parents
had noticed the lesion approximately 6 months earlier, and it had progressed
slowly since then.
On palpation, the well-defined sublingual mass had a soft consistency.
It appeared to be cystic in nature. When palpated bimanually, the mass could
be compressed inferiorly to the submental area, and when the patient swallowed,
the mass did not move in conjunction with the hyoid bone. Salivary flow was
normal and clear, and the submandibular and sublingual glands were not tender
to palpation. The cranial nerve examination revealed no abnormalities.
An intraoperative view of the . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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