Ranula
| Definition: |
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. |
| Notes: |
non-neoplastic; /blood supply /chem /secret /ultrastruct permitted |
Ranula Definitions and Terms
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