Department of Stomatology, First Affiliated Hospital of Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang 832008, P.R. China
Case Report
Evaluation of Foamed Lauromacrogol Sclerotherapy as a Possible Primary Treatment for Ranula: A Case Report
Author(s): Chao Guo, Fan Yang, Ercan Sun, Yuanfeng Li and Xiaoyu Zha*
Ranula are mucous cysts of salivary gland origin. The traditional treatment is surgery to resect the ranula but it has disadvantages such as
postoperative pain, perioperative risks, and surgical side effects. Our team firstly reported the case of a 21-year-old man with an extraoral ranula
who was successfully treated with foamed lauromacrogol sclerotherapy. The extraoral ranula disappeared during the one-year follow-up, and no
adverse events were noted. This therapy can potentially become a primary treatment for extraoral ranula... Read More»
DOI:
10.37421/2165-7920.2023.14.1585
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