A foreign body in the floor of the mouth

Ehab Shehata; Kholoud Moussa; Abdullah Al-Gorashi

Saudi Dental Journal (Jul 2010)

A foreign body in the floor of the mouth

Ehab Shehata,
Kholoud Moussa,
Abdullah Al-Gorashi

Affiliations

Ehab Shehata: Oral-Craniomaxillofacial and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University, Egypt; Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Riyadh Military Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Corresponding author at: Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University, Egypt. Tel.: +966 559042243, +20 127904536.
Kholoud Moussa: Saudi Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, King Fahad Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Abdullah Al-Gorashi: Oral and Maxillofacial Department, King Fahad Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 22, no. 3
pp. 141 – 143

Abstract

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A case of unusual presentation of foreign body in the floor of mouth is reported. The patient presented with a history and clinical findings of sublingual ranula. Marsupialisation and sublingual sialadenectomy was planned. After marsupialisation, a foreign body (spray cover) was found between the lumen of the submandibular duct and the ranula. Keywords: Foreign body, Submandibular duct, Marsupialisation, Ranula

Published in Saudi Dental Journal

ISSN: 1013-9052 (Print); 2524-1702 (Online)
Publisher: Springer
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Dentistry
Website: https://link.springer.com/journal/44445

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