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case_images: Epidermoid cyst. (a) Preoperative appearance of the cyst (frontal view). (b) Preoperative appearance of the cyst (lateral view). (c) Intraoperative appearance of the cyst. (d) Gross appearance
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case_images: It was not associated with movement on deglutition and protrusion of the tongue [Figure 1a and b]. Fine-needle aspiration was not diagnostic, and a definitive diagnosis is made after post-operative pathological sectioning after complete excision of lesion [Figure 1c and d].
case_images: Photomicrograph shows stratified squamous epithelium, without skin appendages, with keratin in the lumen. (a) Original magnification H&E-4X and (b) H&E-10X
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case_images: Histopathology confirmed it to be an EC lined by keratinised stratified squamous epithelium with keratin debris in the lumen of the cyst without any adnexal structures [Figure 2].