Ranula Floor Of Mouth

A ranula is a transparent retention cyst in the floor of the mouth arising from the sublingual salivary glands.

Ranula floor of mouth. If a ranula stays in the mouth underneath the tongue it is called a simple ranula. Ranula is a clinical term for a mucocele or mucous retention cyst located on the floor of the mouth and arises from trauma to the sublingual or submandibular salivary glands fig. A ranula is a fluid collection or cyst that forms in the mouth under the tongue. A ranula can be classified based on its extent.

Ranula means a small frog and the cyst is so called because of a supposed resemblance to a small frog. These slow growing benign growths are found on the floor of the mouth and can vary in size. Confined to the sublingual space. They result from obstruction of a sublingual gland or adjacent minor salivary gland with resultant formation of a mucous retention cyst 1 5.

When found on the floor of the mouth the mucocele is referred to as a ranula. The cyst enlarges slowly penetrating the deep structures of the floor of the mouth above the mylohyoid muscle. These lesions can be acquired or congenital and most are unilateral although they can rarely be bilateral. It is an uncommon type of mucus filled cyst mucocœle arising from the sublingual or submandibular salivary glands in the floor of the mouth.

Ranulas are clear or bluish cysts caused by a blocked salivary gland in the mouth. It is filled with saliva that has leaked out of a damaged salivary gland. It can also be found on the inner side of the cheek on the anterior ventral tongue and on the floor of the mouth. A mucocele is a cyst like lesion in your mouth most commonly found at the surface of the lower lip.

Ranulae present as a swelling of connective tissue consisting of collected mucin from a ruptured salivary gland caused by local trauma. Ranula a ranula latin word rana meaning frog describes a blue translucent swelling in the floor of the mouth reminiscent of the underbelly of a frog. If small and asymptomatic further treatment may not be needed otherwise minor oral surgery may be indicated.