title: Venous malformation of the neck secondary to a plunging ranula of the mouth.
abstract: An unusual case of plunging ranula, with development into a venous malformation, is presented. The patient was successfully treated by excision of one venous aneurysm and malformation and submandibular gland in one session followed by exteriorization of ranula and removal of a sublingual gland two months later.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011900:Ranula / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013361:Sublingual Gland / Q000601:surgery; D013363:Submandibular Gland / Q000601:surgery