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case_images: Coronal T2-weighted image (A) depicts well-demarcated, bilobular heterogeneous mass lesion (arrows) in the midline of the tongue, extending in the floor of the mouth. The plain T1-weighted image (B) shows spontaneous hyperintense areas (arrowheads) within the lesion, indicating the presence of fat.
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case_images: F2
case_images: MRI confirmed a well-demarcated cyst of 4.6 cm (Figure 2).
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case_images: Median sagittal glossotomy approach with progressive dissection of a big bilocular cystic lesion (case 4).
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case_images: F3
case_images: The mucosa was incised using the laser and the tongue musculature was cleaved on the median raphe using "sharp" laser dissection until visualization of the cyst, which was then further dissected by a combination of laser and blunt dissection, using a small mosquito-mounted dissecting swab (Figures 3 and 4).
case_images: Median sagittal glossotomy approach after resection of the cyst (case 2).
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case_images: F4
case_images: The mucosa was incised using the laser and the tongue musculature was cleaved on the median raphe using "sharp" laser dissection until visualization of the cyst, which was then further dissected by a combination of laser and blunt dissection, using a small mosquito-mounted dissecting swab (Figures 3 and 4).