A Large Superficial Dissecting Sublingual Ranula Crossing the Midline: Our Experience
Ajinkya Kelkar *
Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Yashwantrao Chavan Hospital, Pimpri, Pune 411018, Maharashtra, India
Yashwant Ingale
Department of Dentistry and Oromaxillofacial Surgery, Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial Hospital No.476/2692, Sant Tukaram Nagar, Pimpri, Pune 411018, Maharashtra, India
Tushar Patil
Department of Pathology, Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial Hospital No.476/2692, Sant Tukaram Nagar, Pimpri, Pune 411018, Maharashtra, India
Manjusha Sasane-Ingale
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Dr. D.Y.Patil Dental College, Pimpri, Pune 411018, Maharashtra, India
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Ranula is a cystic lesion arising in the oral cavity in relation to the sublingual gland. Typically ranulas are unilateral although there has been a report of superficial dissecting ranula crossing the midline thus presenting as a bilateral lesion. This article is about our experience with a similar large right sided sublingual ranula crossing the midline in a 17 year old female who underwent a complete excision of the lesion along with removal of ipsilateral sublingual gland which is the accepted treatment at present.
Keywords: Ranula, crossing midline, sublingual gland, excision