Lymphoepithelial cyst of the submandibular gland

• Main Authors: A Saneem Ahamed (Author), V Sadesh Kannan (Author), K Velaven (Author), G R Sathyanarayanan (Author), J Roshni (Author), E Elavarasi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Lymphoepithelial cysts are benign, slowly growing unilocular or multilocular lesions that appear in the head and neck. They are also called Branchial cyst. The head and neck sites are the salivary glands(more commonly parotid and rarely submandibular gland) and the oral cavity (usually the floor of...