Sublingual Swelling Masquerades a Ranula: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

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Ridhi Bhola Anjali Narwal Mala Kamboj Anju Devi Virendra Singh

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Ridhi Bhola
Junior resident, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology and Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Dental Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India

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Epidermoid cyst in the floor of mouth is a very rare non-neoplastic cyst lined by squamous epithelium. Here is a case report of a 17-year-old female who presented with a slow growing swelling in the floor of mouth with difficulty in breathing and swallowing from past 4 months. A clinical diagnosis of ranula was made. Biopsy and subsequent histopathological evaluation revealed it as epidermoid cyst. Thus, epidermoid cyst of the floor of mouth can mimic ranula in its clinical presentation. Therefore, histopathologic evaluation is critical in making definitive diagnosis in such scenarios. A detailed account of clinical, radiological and histopathological evaluation has been presented.

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Case Report and Review of the Literature

Publication history

Received: Tue 15, Aug 2023
Accepted: Mon 28, Aug 2023
Published: Fri 08, Sep 2023

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© 2023 Ridhi Bhola. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.DOBCR.2023.01.03