Volume : 8, Issue : 3, March - 2019

CONGENITAL RANULA PRESENTING AS SEVERE ACUTE AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION AT BIRTH- A CASE REPORT

Sidharth Nayyar, Arup Ratan Mondal, Dhyey Pandya, Umesh Vaidya

Abstract :

Congenital ranula is very rare. Case reports published worldwide have been very few. They are formed either as retention cyst or as pseudocyst due to extravasation of mucus in the surrounding tissue. We report the case of a full term female neonate with a congenital ranula in the floor of mouth. A well-planned immediate postpartum treatment procedure for aspiration and decompression of the cystic lesion is simple, efficacious and effective in securing a patent airway, and may prevent lifelong neurodevelopmental complications associated with perinatal asphyxia in such cases.