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Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathological Conditions, Anatomical > Cysts > Ranula
Neoplasms > Cysts > Ranula
Stomatognathic Diseases > Mouth Diseases > Ranula

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Ranula  

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Note

  • non-neoplastic

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 65

In other languages

  • ranula

    Finnish

  • cysta mucosa retentionalis glandulae salivariae
  • mukös retentionscysta i spottkörtel
  • sylkirauhasen limaa sisältävä retentiokysta
  • sylkirauhasen mukoottinen retentiokysta
  • sylkirauhasen retentiokysta
  • Ranula

    Swedish

  • Retentionscysta under tungan

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011900

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