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ranula

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ranula [′ran·yə·lə]
(medicine)
A retention cyst of a salivary gland.
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Abstract A painless, bluish, submucosal swelling on one side of the floor of the mouth usually indicates the presence of a ranula.
A hemangioma on the floor of the mouth presenting as a ranula by Skoulakis, Charalampos E.; Khaldi, Lubna; Serletis, Demetre; Semertzidis, Themistoklis / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
The differential diagnosis of a cystic lesion in the floor of the mouth includes a thyroglossal duct cyst, cystic hygroma, cystic lymphangioma, mucocele, branchial cleft cyst, hemangioma, and ranula.
Submental midline dermoid cyst in a 25-year-old man by Napier, Bradford / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
1) The treatment of choice for most ranulas is complete excision of the ranula and the associated sublingual gland.
An innovative method of facilitating ranula excision with methylene ... by Adelson, Robert T. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
 
 
 
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