A Rare Case of Congenital Ranula in an Infant. 2016

Sirin Mneimneh, and Randa Barazi, and Mariam Rajab
Pediatric Department, Makassed General Hospital, P.O. Box 11-6301, Beirut, Lebanon.

Ranula is a mucus extravasation cyst originating from the sublingual gland on the floor of the mouth. Congenital ranula is very rare. We report a case of a 4-month-old girl with a congenital ranula in the floor of mouth. The ranula was treated first by marsupialization, but the cyst recurred after 1 week. Excision of the ranula was done and was successful.

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