ఇంటర్నేషనల్ జర్నల్ ఆఫ్ రీసెర్చ్ అండ్ డెవలప్‌మెంట్ ఇన్ ఫార్మసీ & లైఫ్ సైన్సెస్

నైరూప్య

PLUNGING RANULA TREATED BY COMBINATION OF INTRA ORAL AND EXTRA ORAL APPROACH: A RARE CASE REPORT

Parveen Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Saurabh Nagrath

A ranula presents as a cystic swelling in the floor of mouth. It occurs as a mucous extravasation from sublingual salivary gland, and may extend through the mylohyoid muscles into the neck, and is then known as "Plunging Ranula". Its surgical treatment is by removal of the Sublingual gland associated with the swelling. The present report reviews a case of plunging ranula treated by a combination of intra oral and extra oral approach.