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Case Reports
. 2020 Dec;86 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):6-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.bjorl.2016.10.003. Epub 2016 Nov 5.

Bilateral vallecular cysts

Lucas Spina  1 , Vinícius Zanin Martins  2 , Julio Defaveri  2 , Regina Helena Garcia Martins  3
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Case Reports

Bilateral vallecular cysts

Lucas Spina et al. Braz J Otorhinolaryngol. 2020 Dec.
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Figure 1
(A) Bilateral vallecular cysts (white arrows), located between the base of the tongue (blue star) and epiglottis. (B) Transversal sections of both cysts with similar macro and microscopic aspects: thin walls and filled with a mucinous yellow-tan material. (C) Panoramic microscopic section from the right cyst: thin membranous-like wall, partially filled with cellular debris and amorphous secretion (hematoxylin–eosin staining). (D) High power magnification of the demarcated area in (C). Both sides of the cysts (the outer surface indicated by a yellow star, and the inner surface by a red star) are lined by stratified, non-keratinized epithelia. The walls of both cysts are thin, delicate, composed by fibrous soft tissue, small vessels, and scarce lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate (HE staining).
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