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case_images: Facial profile showing swelling in the submandibular region
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case_images: F1
case_images: A 20-year-old male was referred to the maxillofacial out-patient department with a history of firm palpable mass in the left submandibular region [Figure 1].
case_images: Coronal CT scan
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case_images: F2
case_images: Axial and coronal views of the computed tomography (CT) scan showed a well-defined radiolucent mass in the medial aspect of the left mandibular body covering its whole extent and extending inferiorly into the submandibular region [Figures 2 and 3].
case_images: Axial CT scan
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case_images: F3
case_images: Axial and coronal views of the computed tomography (CT) scan showed a well-defined radiolucent mass in the medial aspect of the left mandibular body covering its whole extent and extending inferiorly into the submandibular region [Figures 2 and 3].
case_images: Intraoperative photograph
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case_images: F4
case_images: With a standard submandibular incision, the submandibular gland and the mass was excised and sent for histopathological examination [Figures 4 and 5].
case_images: Excised lobular tumor (8 cm x 5 cm x 4 cm)
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case_images: F5
case_images: With a standard submandibular incision, the submandibular gland and the mass was excised and sent for histopathological examination [Figures 4 and 5].
case_images: Micropictograph showing darkly stained tumor cells lying in a predominantly mesenchyme like background (H and E, x4)
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case_images: F6
case_images: The histological examination was confirmatory of PA [Figure 6].