Open AccessEctopic salivary gland cyst in the neck: Association with congenital plunging ranula
Author(s) -
Nitin Pant,
Ajay Kumar Verma,
Tanvir Khan,
Ashish Wakhlu
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of indian association of pediatric surgeons
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1998-3891
pISSN - 0971-9261
DOI - 10.4103/jiaps.jiaps_260_16
Subject(s) - ranula , sublingual gland , medicine , cyst , salivary gland , anatomy , submandibular gland , pathology
Congenital ranula is rare. We report a large, symptomatic, congenital plunging ranula associated with a salivary gland cyst in the neck. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first such reported case. Even though both the cysts had their origin from the sublingual gland, only the cervical cyst had a capsular covering. Herniation of a part of the immature sublingual gland anlage through a congenital mylohyoid defect, its separation, and subsequent maturation could explain this occurrence.