Prenatal ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging depiction of a small sublingual ranula.
Prenatal diagnosis of a congenital ranula has rarely been reported. We describe the case of a small ranula depicted on prenatal sonogram and magnetic resonance imaging, in which we could confirm the intact airway. Although the size of the ranula noted in our fetus was the smallest among the cases reported in the English literature, both of these imaging modalities clearly presented typical diagnostic features present on both ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging.
Tamaru
Shunsuke
S
Department of Obstetrics, Center for Perinatal Medicine, Nagano Children's Hospital, 3100 Toyoshina, Azumino, Nagano 399-8288, Japan.
Kikuchi
Akihiko
A
Ono
Kyoko
K
Kita
Mariko
M
Horikoshi
Tsuguhiro
T
Takagi
Kimiyo
K
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D009060:Mouth Floor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011900:Ranula / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal / Q000379:methods*