Ranula

A form of retention cyst of the floor of the mouth, usually due to obstruction of the ducts of the submaxillary or sublingual glands, presenting a slowly enlarging painless deep burrowing mucocele of one side of the mouth. It is also called sublingual cyst and sublingual ptyalocele.

Year introduced: 1965

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Tree Number(s): C04.182.766, C07.465.780

MeSH Unique ID: D011900

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• Ranulas

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Neoplasms
Cysts
Ranula

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Stomatognathic Diseases
Mouth Diseases
Ranula