Mylohyoid herniation of the sublingual gland diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging.
Mylohyoid herniation of the sublingual gland has been a frequent finding at dissection of adult human cadavers and at retrospective studies of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the floor of the mouth. Even so, very few clinical reports exist. The present report describes an adolescent boy with a suspected submental tumour, which at MRI was shown to be caused by a mylohyoid hernia of part of an enlarged, but otherwise normal sublingual gland.
Hopp
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Department of Radiology, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway. einar.hopp@rikshospitalet.no
Mortensen
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Kolbenstvedt
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D000293:Adolescent; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006547:Hernia / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009334:Neck Muscles / Q000473:pathology*; D012466:Salivary Gland Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013361:Sublingual Gland / Q000473:pathology*
D003287:Contrast Media; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA