Ranula: Frog's Belly

A 26-year-old male patient presented with a painless swelling on the floor of mouth. The lesion started 2 months back after an incidence of trauma and gradually kept on increasing to its present condition. On intraoral examination, a solitary, well-defined, reddish swelling of 1 cm X 1 cm in diameter was detected on the floor of the mouth (Figure 1, Black arrow). The swelling was fluctuant, non-tender, non-pulsatile, non-reducible and soft in consistency. The fluctuant nature of the swelling ruled out fibroma, lipoma, and tumor of minor salivary gland while hemangioma was eliminated because of the non-pulsatile nature of the swelling.
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Clinical Communication to the Editor Source Type: research