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Huge Plunging Ranula

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  1. Department of oral and maxillofacial surgery, Gitam dental college and hospital, Visakhapatnam, 530045, Andhra Pradesh, India

    B. Venkat Suresh & Sambhav K. Vora

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Suresh, B.V., Vora, S.K. Huge Plunging Ranula. J. Maxillofac. Oral Surg. 11, 487–490 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12663-010-0154-0

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