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Mucocele of salivary gland

Known as: sublingual cyst, ranula, Sialocele 
A benign cyst located in the salivary gland that is lined by epithelium and filled with mucoid fluid, tissue, or other material; it is usually caused… 
National Institutes of Health

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MucoceleRanula (disorder)

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Salivary Gland Diseases

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2012
2012
Plunging ranula intruding into the parapharyngeal space treated with OK-432.
2010
2010
Parotid gland trauma.
Parotid trauma can lead to both short and long-term complications such as bleeding, infection, facial nerve injury, sialocele… 
2003
2003
Parotid salivary duct mucocoele and sialolithiasis following parotid duct transposition.
An 11-year-old, female neutered English springer spaniel presented with recurrent episodes of mucopurulent discharge from the… 
2003
2003
Use of botulinum toxin type A in a case of persistent parotid sialocele.
  • T. ChowS. Kwok
  • Hong Kong medical journal = Xianggang yi xue za…
  • 2003
  • Corpus ID: 44558522
Sialocele is an uncommon complication of parotidectomy. Most cases resolve after conservative therapy consisting of repeated… 
2003
2003
Treatment of a plunging ranula with fenestration and continuous pressure.
Review
2002
Review
2002
Traumatic injuries to the parotid gland and duct.
Although parotid gland and duct injuries represent a small percentage of the overall soft tissue trauma, the oral and… 
1994
1994
Cystic lymphangioma and plunging ranula treated by OK-432 therapy: a report of two cases.
Among head and neck angiotumors, cystic lymphangioma occurs in infancy in most cases and it is rare in adulthood. Plunging ranula… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Parotid duct injury: is immediate surgical repair necessary?
1990
1990
Squamous cell carcinoma arising in a plunging ranula.
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Cysts of the Oral Regions
History odontogenic keratocyst (primordial cyst) gingival cyst and midpalatal Raph e cyst of infants gingival cyst of adults… 
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