Plunging ranula – patient characteristics, treatment, and comparison between different populations

Abstract

Objectives: To review our clinical experience and characteristics of Finnish patients with plunging ranula and compare our results with reports from other populations.

Design: A retrospective study from the electronic hospital records between 2005 and 2016.

Setting: The Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery of Helsinki University Hospital, Finland.

Results: We describe the characteristics and treatment of 41 patients with MRI-confirmed plunging ranula. Most of our patients were young adults and 88% of them were male. Surgery and sclerotherapy were used for treatment.

Conclusions: The vast majority of Finnish plunging ranula patients in our cohort were male, suggesting significant population-related differences in plunging ranula gender distribution. Transoral surgery seemed to result in lowest recurrence rate and was the most common treatment in our clinic.

Chinese abstract

目的：回顾芬兰舌下囊肿患者的临床经验和特点, 并将其结果与其他人群的报告进行比较。

设计：对2005年至2016年间电子医院记录的回顾性研究。

地点：芬兰赫尔辛基大学医院耳鼻喉科和头颈外科系。

结果：我们描述了41例经MRI证实的倾伏舌下囊肿患者的特征和治疗。 我们的大多数患者是年轻人, 其中88％是男性。 手术和硬化疗法用于治疗。

结论：我们的研究人群中绝大多数患有倾伏舌下囊肿的芬兰患者均为男性, 表明倾伏舌下囊肿性别分布有显著的与人口相关的差异。 经口手术的复发率最低, 是我们诊所最常见的治疗方法。

Keywords:

• Plunging ranula
• MRI
• patient characteristics
• treatment

Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Stiftelsen Dorothea Olivia, Karl Walter och Jarl Walter Perkléns mine.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

This work was supported by the Stiftelsen Dorothea Olivia, Karl Walter och Jarl Walter Perkléns mine.