CASE A
A 53-year-old woman presenting with swelling on the left side of the floor of the mouth.

CASE B
A 60-year-old man presenting with a slowly enlarging, nontender mass in the right anterior submandibular part of the neck.

CASE C
A 2-month-old child presenting with a mass at the root of the tongue.

DESCRIPTION OF FINDINGS

  • Case A: Axial and coronal T2-weighted images demonstrate a cystic mass centered in the left sublingual gland in the left sublingual space.

  • Case B: Coronal T1- and T2-weighted images demonstrate a spherical cystic mass centered in the right sublingual space containing numerous T1-bright nodules bathed in fluid.

  • Case C: Coronal T1-weighted, coronal T2-weighted, and axial T2-weighted images demonstrate a slightly thick-walled cystic mass centered in the tongue.

Diagnosis

Case A

Ranula

Case B

Dermoid cyst

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