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2015•International Journal of Research and Development in Pharmacy and Life SciencesOpen access

PLUNGING RANULA TREATED BY COMBINATION OF INTRA ORAL AND EXTRA ORAL APPROACH: A RARE CASE REPORT

Parveen Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Saurabh Nagrath

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A ranula presents as a cystic swelling in the floor of mouth. It occurs as a mucous extravasation from sublingual salivary gland, and may extend through the mylohyoid muscles into the neck, and is then known as Plunging Ranula. Its surgical treatment is by removal of the Sublingual gland associated with the swelling. The present report reviews a case of plunging ranula treated by a combination of intra oral and extra oral approach.

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A ranula presents as a cystic swelling in the floor of mouth. It occurs as a mucous extravasation from sublingual salivary gland, and may extend through the mylohyoid muscles into the neck, and is then known as Plunging Ranula. Its surgical treatment is by removal of the Sublingual gland associated with the swelling. The present report reviews a case of plunging ranula treated by a combination of intra oral and extra oral approach.

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A ranula presents as a cystic swelling in the floor of mouth. It occurs as a mucous extravasation from sublingual salivary gland, and may extend through the mylohyoid muscles into the neck, and is then known as Plunging Ranula. Its surgical treatment is by removal of the Sublingual gland associated with the swelling. The present report reviews a case of plunging ranula treated by a combination of intra oral and extra oral approach.

Key concepts: Ranula, Floor of mouth, Sublingual gland, Medicine, Swelling, Salivary gland, Surgery, Oral cavity

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