title: A retrospective study of ranula in two centres in Malaysia.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Ranula is a mucous extravasation cyst which occurs as a result of trauma or obstruction of the sublingual or minor salivary gland or the duct itself.
  
  
  RESULTS
  14 patients were seen at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur and Hospital Tunku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan, Malaysia between 2000 to 2006. There were six cases of intra-oral ranula and eight plunging ranula. Twelve patients underwent surgical intervention while two refused surgery. Four patients (33.3%) from those who had surgical intervention returned with recurrence; two (16.7%) had marsupialization and the other two (16.7%) had excision of the pseudocyst intraorally.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Excision and marsupialization remain as the treatment of choice in our centres.
authors.affiliation: Dept.of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Norhaslinda Abdul
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Ghani
authors.forename: Raja
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: Roslan Abdul
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.forename: Mohd Razif Mohd
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Yunus
authors.forename: Sha Primuharsa
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Putra
authors.forename: Roszalina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ramli
keywords: Intraoral; Malaysia; Plunging; Ranula