Similar words: granular, granulate, granulated, granularity, granulation, granulated sugar, granulation tissue, campanula. Meaning: n. a cyst on the underside of the tongue.
1 A plunging ranula is a relatively uncommon phenomenon, presenting as mucous extravasation from a sublingual gland into the cervical tissue spaces, with a pseudocyst that lacks an epithelial lining.
2 The patient had undergone surgery for an oral ranula 15 months previously, without complete excision of the sublingual gland.
3 We present a rare case of giant plunging ranula with headache and trismus, associated with an extensive right-sided tender swelling of the neck.
4 Objective:To evaluate the diagnostic value and clinical meaning of high-frequency ultrasound for plunge ranula.
5 Those with heterogeneous enhancement were often of acquired etiology, such as ranula, lymphoma, neurilemmoma, parotid adenoma, metastatic nodes and tuberculous adenitis, etc.
6 Conclusion: High-frequency ultrasound is without harm and has high efficiency, it is an important method for the diagnosis of plunge ranula.
More similar words: granular, granulate, granulated, granularity, granulation, granulated sugar, granulation tissue, campanula, granule, campanulate, granuloma, granulocyte, agranulocytosis, granulocytopenia, lunula, cannula, cannulae, annular, annulate, annular eclipse, uranus, supranuclear, intranuclear, tarantula, strangulate, quadrangular, strangulation, NUL, molecular formula, null.