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Rare Presentation of Simultaneous Bilateral Oral Ranula Treated by Marsupialization: Case Report and Review of the Literature

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Reporting a case of simultaneous bilateral oral ranula treated by marsupialization and to present a literature review on the profile of affected patients and also to correlate the treatment.

Woman presenting a simultaneous bilateral oral ranula with no apparent etiology. Marsupialization was performed on both sides with the preservation of sublingual glands. No recurrence has been noted for 2 years of following.

The literature review was conducted in August 2021 using PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Scopus, LILACS and OpenGrey databases. Included articles were reviewed for mean age at presentation, gender, average size, treatment and recurrence. Literature review revealed 6 previous reported cases of bilateral oral ranula occurring simultaneously.

Only 6 cases of bilateral oral ranula occurring simultaneously have been described in the literature. In general, the treatment is the excision of the lesion and also of the associated gland, as it has a lower recurrence rate. However, in the present case, we proposed marsupialization as a less invasive conduction of bilateral oral ranula occurring simultaneously, and the remission of the lesion occurred after this treatment with preservation of the gland.

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  1. Post-Graduation Program of Dentistry and Health, Faculty of Dentistry, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

    Rebeca Barros Nascimento & Nara Santos Araujo

  2. Faculty of Dentistry, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

    Geisiani Paranhos Santos Teles Menezes & André Freitas

  3. Faculty of Dentistry, Centro Universitário Regional Do Brasil, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

    Pauline Magalhães Cardoso

  4. Laboratory of Oral Surgical Pathology, Faculty of Dentistry, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

    Flávia Caló Aquino Xavier

  5. Department of Propaedeutic and Integrated Clinic, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Bahia, Av. Araújo Pinho, no. 62, Salvador, Bahia, Canela40110-150, Brazil

    Manoela Carrera

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Rebeca Nascimento –literature review conduction, paper writing.

Nara Araujo—literature review conduction, paper writing.

Geisiani Menezes—clinical case conduction, paper writing.

Pauline Magalhães Cardoso—clinical case conduction.

André Carlos de Freitas – clinical case conduction.

Flávia Xavier—clinical case conduction, taking pictures, supervision of paper writing.

Manoela Carrera—clinical case conduction, taking pictures, supervision of paper writing.

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Correspondence to Manoela Carrera.

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Nascimento, R.B., Araujo, N.S., Menezes, G.P.S.T. et al. Rare Presentation of Simultaneous Bilateral Oral Ranula Treated by Marsupialization: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Indian J Surg 84, 1083–1088 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-021-03130-4

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