Pathology · single question
A bluish, fluctuant swelling on the floor of the mouth / under the tongue. Most likely?
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Correct answer: A. Ranula
- A. Correct. A ranula is a mucocele of the sublingual/submandibular gland presenting as a bluish, dome-shaped, translucent swelling in the floor of the mouth.
- B. Incorrect. A fibroma is a firm, pink, sessile nodule (reactive hyperplasia), not a bluish fluid-filled swelling.
- C. Incorrect. A hemangioma blanches on pressure and is a vascular proliferation; the classic floor-of-mouth bluish swelling described is a ranula.