Plunging Ranulas Revisited: A CT Study with Emphasis on a Defect of the Mylohyoid Muscle as the Primary Route of Lesion Propagation |
Lee, Ji Young
(Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
Lee, Hee Young (Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Kim, Hyung-Jin (Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Jeong, Han Sin (Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Kim, Yi-Kyung (Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Cha, Jihoon (Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Kim, Sung Tae (Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) |
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