Fact-sheet: Sublingual ranula
- Ranula
Updated on 04/12/2023 at 8:21 PM
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Definition
Extraglandular and extraductal collection of saliva in the floor of the mouth arising from a sublingual gland. More rarely, it may originate from an injury to the duct of a submandibular gland. It is a pseudocyst in the sense that
it does not contain epithelium.