title: Ultrasonography in the diagnosis of a cystic hygroma.
abstract: The use of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of soft tissue lesions is described and exemplified in a 33-year-old female with a cystic hygroma in the submandibular region.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D014463:Ultrasonography