# -- The term ranula is applied to any cystic tumour formed in connection with the glands in the floor of the mouth. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
Can i lip cysts/ranula return if you've had the whole sac removed not just drained?. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
Sublingual gland, inflammation of, 548 ranula of, 549 surgical anatomy of, 543 tumours of, 552. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
Among the affections of the tongue he numbers abscess, fissure, ulcer, cancer, ranula, shortening of the ligaments, hypertrophy, erythema of the mucous membrane, and inflammatory swelling. From Wordnik.com. [Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages] Reference
Cystic tumours, similar to the sublingual ranula, form in the other glands in the floor of the mouth -- for example, the incisive gland, which lies just behind the symphysis menti, as well as in the apical gland on the under aspect of the tip of the tongue. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
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