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Oct 01


History (HX):
Palpable lesion at sublingual region, Female 27yr

Findings:
Cystic lesion at right sublingual region high signal on T2 fs and low signal on T1WI

Diagnostic (DX):Simple Ranula

Discussion:
Simple Ranula: Retention cyst resulting from trauma or inflammation of sublingual gland or minor salivary gland with epithelial lining , located above mylohyoid muscle.
Diving Ranula: When simple ranula becomes large, ruptures out posterior into submandibular space creating pseudocyst lacking epithelium lining

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