title: [Plunging ranula. Review].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Ranula is a pseudocyst of the sublingual gland, often of unknown etiology. In few cases, it can extend to the neck when passing through the mylohyoid muscle. Diagnosis is not always easy as other cervical cystic lesions may have the same clinical aspect. Some ranulas recur after removal. The aim of our study was to conduct a review about plunging ranulas, with a focus on the most useful paraclinical exams and the most effective treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  A review of the literature has been conducted in the PubMed database between 2015 and 2010 using following keywords: plunging ranula, recurrent plunging ranula.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thirteen articles reporting 37 cases of plunging ranulas have been selected. Among these cases, 3 recurred. Paraclinical exams consisted in US, CT scan and MRI. Main reported treatment was sublingual gland removal, sometime associated with marsupialization.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The most useful paraclinical exam is CT scan. Total sublingual gland removal is the most efficient treatment.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie maxillo-faciale et stomatologie, hôpital de la Timone, 264, rue Saint-Pierre, 13385 Marseille cedex 05, France; Aix-Marseille université, Jardin du Pharo, 58, boulevard Charles-Livon, 13284 Marseille cedex 07, France. Electronic address: pauline.pouzoulet@ap-hm.fr.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pouzoulet
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie maxillo-faciale et stomatologie, hôpital de la Timone, 264, rue Saint-Pierre, 13385 Marseille cedex 05, France; Aix-Marseille université, Jardin du Pharo, 58, boulevard Charles-Livon, 13284 Marseille cedex 07, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Collet
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie maxillo-faciale, hôpital Nord, chemin des Bourrely, 13015 Marseille, France; Aix-Marseille université, Jardin du Pharo, 58, boulevard Charles-Livon, 13284 Marseille cedex 07, France.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Foletti
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie maxillo-faciale, hôpital Nord, chemin des Bourrely, 13015 Marseille, France; Aix-Marseille université, Jardin du Pharo, 58, boulevard Charles-Livon, 13284 Marseille cedex 07, France.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guyot
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie maxillo-faciale et stomatologie, hôpital de la Timone, 264, rue Saint-Pierre, 13385 Marseille cedex 05, France; Aix-Marseille université, Jardin du Pharo, 58, boulevard Charles-Livon, 13284 Marseille cedex 07, France; Laboratoire parole et langage (LPL), UMR 6057, boulevard Pasteur, 13100 Aix-en-Provence, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chossegros
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D009333:Neck; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D011900:Ranula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D012466:Salivary Gland Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D013361:Sublingual Gland / Q000473:pathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Cou; Neck; Ranula; Recurrence; Récidive