(n.) A cyst formed under the tongue by obstruction of the duct of the submaxillary gland.
Example Sentences:
(1) CT findings in 38 additional patients with a variety of cystic lesions in the floor of the mouth are contrasted with findings in cases of ranulas.
(2) Also 4 cases of plunging ranula are presented; three were treated by extirpation of the sublingual gland and one was treated by exteriorization of the ranula into the oral cavity.
(3) Results of considerable experimental work reported by others, support the concept that plunging ranulas are extravasations of saliva from the sublingual glands.
(4) A plunging ranula can be readily identified preoperatively with computed tomography as a cystic mass in the suprahyoid anterior neck.
(5) It is recommended that oral ranula be treated initially by marsupialization with packing and, if recurrence occurs, then the offending sublingual gland should be excised.
(6) The pathology and treatment of harelip, hydrocephalus, the adenoids, ranula, gynecomastia, imperforated external urinary meatus, circumcision, hermaphrodites, imperforate anus, and supernumerary and webbed finger were all described by Albucasis, and his remarks are discussed here in some detail.
(7) Review of our experience with 26 patients over 12 years ending in 1986 substantiated a concept previously advocated by other authors that ranulas are usually extravasation pseudocysts developing after disruption of sublingual gland elements, and that excision of the ipsilateral sublingual gland is the management approach of choice.
(8) Treatment of salivary mucoceles (cervical salivary gland cyst, ranula or pharyngeal mucocele) consists in surgical resection of the affected salivary gland.
(9) Microscopic examination of histologic sections revealed the lesion to have the characteristics of a sialocele (ranula).
(10) The origin of a ranula is due to obliteration of a minor duct of the sublingual gland.
(11) Three cases of plunging ranula are described and the literature is reviewed.
(12) Pathogenesis and treatment of ranulas is briefly discussed.
(13) A case report of a 36-year-old man with a plunging ranula of 15 years' duration, in which squamous cell carcinoma arose from the cyst wall, is presented.
(14) A review of the literature pertaining to plunging ranula is presented with special emphasis on the historical development of the various aetiological theories and treatment recommendations.
(15) Ranulas or mucoceles of the floor of the mouth are cysts arising from the sublingual glands.
(16) A case is reported of a papillary cystadenocarcinoma of the sublingual gland which presented as a ranula.
(17) This review suggests that excision of the sublingual gland with intra-oral drainage of the cervical swelling appears to be the treatment of choice for the plunging ranula.
(18) The pathogenesis, differential diagnosis and treatment of ranulas are discussed.
(19) The literature is reviewed, and four personal cases of cervical ranula presented.
(20) These complications are rare and the causal relationship between gland trauma-ranula is confirmed, via the constant difficulty of dissection of Wharton's duct and the appearance of the ranula within a delay of 3 to 6 months.
Salivary
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to saliva; producing or carrying saliva; as, the salivary ferment; the salivary glands; the salivary ducts, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) To determine the influence of cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) adsorption on the wettability and elemental surface composition of human enamel, with and without adsorbed salivary constituents, surface-free energies and elemental compositions were determined.
(2) Caries-related bacteriological and biochemical factors were studied in 12 persons with low and 11 persons with normal salivary-secretion rates before and after a four-week period of frequent mouthrinses with 10% sorbitol solution (adaptation period).
(3) In addition to esophageal manometry, we also performed acid-clearance studies and examined salivary output, acid-neutralizing capacity, and bicarbonate concentration.
(4) Exogenous rIL-2 restored T-cell proliferation only in the salivary gland cultures of this patient.
(5) Mucosal drying medications and senile salivary gland atrophy seemed to contribute to the high frequency of sicca in this population with a lesser proportion of the subjects demonstrating previously undiagnosed Sjögren's and possible Sjögren's syndrome.
(6) Replication patterns of the larval salivary gland chromosomes were compared after pulse labeling with 3H-thymidine and autoradiography.
(7) A human salivary gland adenocarcinoma cell line was cultivated in the presence of dibutyryl cyclic AMP (dB-cAMP), cis-diammine dichloroplatinum (cisplatin) or mitomycin C (MMC) only, or of the combination of dB-cAMP and each of the antineoplastic drugs.
(8) The hypothesis was tested that plaque, as a complex soil comprising microorganisms, cell debris, salivary deposits and other ill-defined organic and inorganic components, would be susceptible to removal by a rinse with high detersive action.
(9) There is also a continued increase in sporozoite infectivity during their residence in the salivary gland.
(10) The acylation of salivary mucin with fatty acids and its biosynthesis was investigated by incubating rat submandibular salivary gland cells with [3H]palmitic acid and [3H]proline.
(11) Therefore, it was concluded that beta-adrenergic receptors play the major role in the regulation of salivary flow and the secretion of amylase and calcium, whereas alpha-adrenergic receptors play a minor role in the regulation of these parameters.
(12) During the course of treatment, there was a significant reduction in the average salivary isoenzyme to within the normal range.
(13) A multiparametric analysis of the resident immune populations in the parotid, submandibular and sublingual salivary glands was done in single-cell suspensions.
(14) The strain gauge data suggested that a relation exists between masticatory force and parotid salivary flow.
(15) In either SLE or RA, there were no correlations between the rate of T cell subsets (HLA-DR positive T cells and CD4 + CD45R cells) and the degree of salivary gland damage.
(16) The Authors analyzed the modifications of some components of salivary microflora (S. mutans, Lactobacillus and yeasts) induced by orthodontic treatment.
(17) The salivary clearance of sugar and fluoride is influenced by several physiological factors not yet fully investigated or understood.
(18) The purpose of this work was to study the effects of prolonged mild diabetes on the submandibular salivary glands and testes of male rats over a 22-month period.
(19) The results showed no marked differences in stimulated salivary flow rates, buffering capacities and amylase and total protein concentrations between the beginning and the end of the 12 month trial.
(20) The concentrations of the oral secretory immunoglobulins A and M were increased during the first 7 days but, when corrected for changes in the salivary flow rate, the secretion rates of S-IgA and S-IgM remained unchanged, relative to the values before chemotherapy.