Ranula

• Retention cyst of major salivary gland in the sublingual tissues–

• Painless, translucent, bluish, may alternately enlarge and shrink

• Traumatic in origin

• Treatment: excision

Essentially similar to Mucocele which involves the minor salivary glands

*mnemonic: at the sight of some minor mucus, the major ran**

CHLA Board Review 2005