BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Occasionally, diving ranulas may attain large dimensions
(giant ranula); gross involvement of the submandibular and parapharyngeal spaces makes …

Plunging ranulas are rare cystic masses in the neck that are mucous retention pseudocysts
from an obstructed sublingual gland. They “plunge” by extending inferiorly beyond the free …

We reviewed the MRI of 20 patients with a ranula (8 simple and 12 plunging) and ten with
other cystic masses in the floor of the mouth and/or suprahyoid portion of the neck (three …

The term ranula generally applies to a bluish, translucent cystic mass in the floor of the
mouth, which is either a mucus retention cyst or more commonly a mucus extravasation …

A ranula is a bluish, transparent, and thin-walled swelling in the floor of the mouth. They
originate from the extravasation and subsequent accumulation of saliva from the sublingual …

OBJECTIVE: To describe differential features of giant cervical dermoid cysts and other cystic
lesions of the head and neck. METHODS: Case report including magnetic resonance …

Plunging ranulas arise when a simple ranula extends beyond the floor of the mouth into the
neck. Diagnosis is difficult even with modern imaging techniques as they mimic other neck …

Cystic hygromas most often occur in the neck in children and are benign lesions not
associated with cranial nerve palsies. We present two cases in which a facial nerve …

Cystic lesions in the head and neck are important entities that are increasingly investigated
by cross-sectional imaging. The patient usually presents with a neck swelling and, after …

Cystic hygromas are large lymphangiomas that are most often found in the posterior triangle
of the neck and the axilla in children. They are most frequently found before age 2 and may …