Plunging or Cervical Ranula as a Rare Cause of Respiratory Distress.
Acute airway obstruction
Emergency aspiration
Plunging ranula
Journal
Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India
ISSN: 2231-3796
Titre abrégé: Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
Pays: India
ID NLM: 9422551
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Apr 2024
Apr 2024
Historique:
received:
14
11
2023
accepted:
30
11
2023
pmc-release:
01
04
2025
medline:
3
4
2024
pubmed:
3
4
2024
entrez:
3
4
2024
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The Plunging or cervical ranula is a mucus pseudocyst extension of the sublingual gland that is located below the mylohyoid muscle. In infants, owing to small sublingual and cervical space, clinically large cervical ranulas can lead to a significant impact on swallowing, crying, and even breathing (Carlini et al. in Pediatr Rep 8(4):6576, 2016; Övet et al. in Turk Arch Otorhinolaryngol 53(3):133-135, 2015). In these clinical pictures, we present a case of cervical ranula that grew in a short period leading to respiratory distress. This ranula was aspirated in a PICU setting to relieve respiratory obstruction before definitive surgery in the operation theatre. The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12070-023-04419-4.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38566706
doi: 10.1007/s12070-023-04419-4
pii: 4419
pmc: PMC10982136
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
2156-2157Informations de copyright
© Association of Otolaryngologists of India 2023.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflicts of InterestNone.