The Saudi Dental Journal
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 141-143, July 2010

A foreign body in the floor of the mouth

  • Ehab Shehata

      Affiliations

    • Oral-Craniomaxillofacial and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University, Egypt
    • Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Riyadh Military Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University, Egypt. Tel.: +966 559042243, +20 127904536.
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  • Kholoud Moussa

      Affiliations

    • Saudi Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, King Fahad Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
    • ,
  • Abdullah Al-Gorashi

      Affiliations

    • Oral and Maxillofacial Department, King Fahad Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Received 1 April 2009; accepted 9 December 2009.

Abstract 

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

 

PII: S1013-9052(10)00046-5

doi:10.1016/j.sdentj.2010.04.008

The Saudi Dental Journal
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 141-143, July 2010

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