Sublingual Swelling - A Diagnostic Dilemma
Received Date: Nov 11, 2016 / Accepted Date: Nov 22, 2016 / Published Date: Nov 29, 2016
Abstract
We report a rare case of sublingual swelling in an 11 month old child which was a diagnostic and surgical challenge. The child presented with a painless, bluish, swelling in the sublingual and submental region with complaints of protrusion of tongue. A pre-operative CT scan was done, but a diagnosis was not truly established. Though it was a case of difficult intubation, surgical excision was done. During surgery Ranula was suspected but histopathological examination revealed it to be Vascular Hamartoma masquerading as a Ranula. Although rare, vascular malformation should be part of differential diagnosis in sublingual and submental swellings.
Keywords: Sublingual swelling; Vascular hamartoma; Hemangioma; Lymphangioma
Citation: Shanmugam VU, Ravindra V, Shanmugam R, Mariappan RG, Swaminathan B, et al. (2016) Sublingual Swelling - A Diagnostic Dilemma. Otolaryngol (Sunnyvale) 6:279. Doi: 10.4172/2161-119X.1000279
Copyright: © 2016 Shanmugam VU, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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