A 24-year-old patient presents with a persistent firm asymptomatic submucosal mass (1 x 1 cm) in her lower lip. The mass fluctuates in size and occasionally drains a cloudy, sticky fluid. This would most likely be which of the following?
a. Mucous extravasation phenomenon
b. Necrotizing sialometaplasia
c. Traumatic fibroma
d. Soft tissue myxoma
e. Ectopic lymphoid tissue
A
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