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Forms in the floor of the mouth as a result of trauma or blockage of a salivary gland duct. It may be lined with epithelium. A ranula is mucus extravasation occurring in the floor of the mouth and usually associated with a sublingual gland.<\/p>\n

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A small cyst under the tongue, on the floor of the mouth, which forms when a salivary duct is blocked.<\/p>\n

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Ranulae, cyst on the underside of the tongue, usually due to obstruction of a mucous or salivary gland.<\/p>\n

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A cyst found under the tongue, formed when the duct leading from a salivary or mucous gland is obstructed and distended.<\/p>\n

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A swelling which occasionally appears beneath the tongue, caused by a collection of saliva in the distended duct of a salivary gland.<\/p>\n

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A cystic tumor seen on the underside of the tongue on either side of the frenum; a retention cyst of the submandibular or sublingual ducts. The swelling may be small or large.<\/p>\n

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A ranula is a cyst located in the floor of the mouth, resulting in a swelling that appears translucent and bluish. These formations likely develop due to injury to a salivary gland. The typical approach for treating a ranula involves surgically removing the cyst.<\/p>\n

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A fluid-filled growth located beneath the tongue, resulting from the obstruction of either the sublingual or submaxillary salivary gland duct.<\/p>\n

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