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Ranula

MedGen UID:
389212
Concept ID:
C2242813
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: Ranulas
SNOMED CT: Ranula (14919007); Ranula of floor of mouth (14919007); Sublingual cyst (14919007)
 
HPO: HP:0030706

Definition

A ranula is a mucocele that occurs in the floor of the mouth and usually involve the major salivary glands. Specifically, the ranula originates in the body of the sublingual gland, in the ducts of the sublingual gland, in the Wharton's duct of the submandibular gland or infrequently from the minor salivary glands at this location. [from HPO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Bowers EMR, Schaitkin B
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Roh JL, Kim HS
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2008 Sep;72(9):1405-10. Epub 2008 Jul 9 doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2008.06.003. PMID: 18617276

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Bachesk AB, Bin LR, Iwaki IV, Iwaki Filho L
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Morton RP, Ahmad Z, Jain P
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Roh JL, Kim HS
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2008 Sep;72(9):1405-10. Epub 2008 Jul 9 doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2008.06.003. PMID: 18617276

Diagnosis

Friedman E, Patiño MO, Udayasankar UK
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Woodruff WW, Kennedy TL
Semin Ultrasound CT MR 1997 Jun;18(3):182-204. doi: 10.1016/s0887-2171(97)90019-6. PMID: 9253083

Therapy

Zhi K, Gao L, Ren W
Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2014 Dec;22(6):525-9. doi: 10.1097/MOO.0000000000000103. PMID: 25211709
Ohta N, Fukase S, Suzuki Y, Kurakami K, Aoyagi M, Kakehata S
Acta Otolaryngol 2014 Feb;134(2):206-10. Epub 2013 Nov 21 doi: 10.3109/00016489.2013.847285. PMID: 24256037
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Quintessence Int 2013 Nov-Dec;44(10):773-81. doi: 10.3290/j.qi.a29936. PMID: 23772438
Roh JL, Kim HS
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2008 Sep;72(9):1405-10. Epub 2008 Jul 9 doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2008.06.003. PMID: 18617276
Udaka T, Yamamoto H, Shiomori T, Fujimura T, Suzuki H
J Laryngol Otol 2006 Oct;120(10):872-4. doi: 10.1017/S0022215106001113. PMID: 17038234

Prognosis

Yin T, Jain P, Ahmad Z, Harrison JD, Morton RP
Laryngoscope 2021 Jan;131(1):73-77. Epub 2020 Feb 28 doi: 10.1002/lary.28593. PMID: 32109322
Romero NJ, Fuson A, Kieliszak CR, Joshi AS
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Yin T, Jain P, Ahmad Z, Morton RP
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Licéaga R, González C, Licéaga C, Vargas G
J Clin Pediatr Dent 2010 Spring;34(3):263-6. doi: 10.17796/jcpd.34.3.n3t6x8148g1756vl. PMID: 20578666
Udaka T, Yamamoto H, Shiomori T, Fujimura T, Suzuki H
J Laryngol Otol 2006 Oct;120(10):872-4. doi: 10.1017/S0022215106001113. PMID: 17038234

Clinical prediction guides

Pontes FSC, de Souza LL, Pedrinha VF, Pontes HAR
J Clin Pediatr Dent 2018;42(6):454-457. Epub 2018 Aug 7 doi: 10.17796/1053-4625-42.6.9. PMID: 30085866
Zhi K, Gao L, Ren W
Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2014 Dec;22(6):525-9. doi: 10.1097/MOO.0000000000000103. PMID: 25211709
Delli K, Spijkervet FK, Vissink A
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BMJ Case Rep 2012 Jul 10;2012 doi: 10.1136/bcr-06-2011-4407. PMID: 22783004Free PMC Article
Roh JL, Kim HS
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2008 Sep;72(9):1405-10. Epub 2008 Jul 9 doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2008.06.003. PMID: 18617276

Recent systematic reviews

Talmor G, Nguyen B, Mir G, Badash I, Kaye R, Caloway C
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2021 Dec;165(6):775-783. Epub 2021 Mar 23 doi: 10.1177/01945998211000448. PMID: 33755513
Lucas JP, Allen M, Siegel B, Gonik N
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2021 Jan;140:110541. Epub 2020 Dec 1 doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2020.110541. PMID: 33296834
Chung YS, Cho Y, Kim BH
Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2019 Sep;57(7):620-626. Epub 2019 Jun 22 doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2019.06.005. PMID: 31239229
Means C, Aldape MA, King E
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2017 Oct;101:11-19. Epub 2017 Jul 19 doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2017.07.019. PMID: 28964279
Beahm DD, Peleaz L, Nuss DW, Schaitkin B, Sedlmayr JC, Rivera-Serrano CM, Zanation AM, Walvekar RR
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