Conservative Treatment of Oral Ranula by Excision With Minimal Excision of the Sublingual Gland: Histological Support for a Traumatic Etiology

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2050-2057

  McGurk, Mark ^a   Eyeson, Josiah ^a   Thomas, Bethan ^a   Harrison, John D ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYST ASPIRATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LINGUAL PARESTHESIA; MALE; MUCOCELE; ORAL SURGERY; PARESTHESIA; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUBLINGUAL GLAND; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBULAR DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RANULA; SUBLINGUAL GLAND;

EID: 51449098657     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2008.01.019     Document Type: Article

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