Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons

The Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (대한구강악안면외과학회)
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A CASE REPORT OF PLUNGING RANULA WITH METASTATIC ADENOCARCINOMA

전이성 선암종을 포함한 경부하마종(Plunging ranula)의 치험례

  • Jeong, Hae-Seok (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University) ;
  • Paeng, Jun-Young (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Myoung, Hoon (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Myung-Jin (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University)
  • 정해석 (서울대학교대학원 구강악안면외과) ;
  • 팽준영 (원광대학교 치과대학 구강악안면외과) ;
  • 명훈 (서울대학교대학원 구강악안면외과) ;
  • 김명진 (서울대학교대학원 구강악안면외과)
  • Published : 2007.10.31
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Abstract

The plunging ranula is a kind of ranula that goes over the mouth floor to the neck and other adjacent tissue. Sublingual gland is gently accepted as origin of plunging ranula. Plunging ranula develops commonly because of rupture of sublingual gland duct by trauma and extravasation of salivary secretion to the adjacent tissue. It is not true cyst so that there is no epithelium. And it consisted with thin connective tissue, inflammation cell infiltration and salivary secretion. Left without treatment, it can grow into the 10 cm more huge lesion. This report is a case of 73 years old female who was diagnosed as plunging ranula with review of literature. She presented 5 cm submandibular swelling at first. When surgery was delayed because of patient's condition, the lesion grew into the l2cm huge size. We performed excision of sublingual gland, submandibular gland and plunging ranula and had a good result without recurrence.

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