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Figure 9: a) Sjögren’s syndrome in a 10-year-old girl with only the symptoms of non-specific bilateral parotid swellings. Ultrasonography showed typical hypoechoic cloud-like changes in all three major salivary glands. b) Left parotid gland (GP: parotid gland; MM: masseter muscle, UK: lower jaw). c) Left submandibular gland (GSM LI: left submandibular gland; MMH: mylohyoid muscle). d) Left sublingual gland (GSL: sublingual gland; UK: lower jaw; MB: floor of the mouth). In this case, the biopsy to confirm the diagnosis was taken from the sublingual gland. e) Dense lymphocytic infiltration of the sublingual gland parenchyma with the formation of lymphoepithelial lesions (reproduced with the kind permission of Prof. Agaimy, Department of Pathology, and Erlangen, Germany).