Plunging ranulas treated with ultrasound-guided injection of OK-432: Case of three cases

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• 作者：Takahiro Kaneko ; ^{t_kaneko@saitama-med.ac.jp" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Yosuke Iijima ; Satoshi Nakamura ; Norio Horie ; Tetsuo Shimoyama
• 关键词：Sclerotherapy ; OK-432 ; Plunging ranula ; Ultrasound-guided intervention
• 刊名：Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Medicine, and Pathology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：November 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：28
• 期：6
• 页码：498-500
• 全文大小：927 K

文摘

Sclerotherapy with OK-432 injection has been recommended as the treatment of choice for plunging ranula because of its safety and minimal complications. However, the recurrence rate after sclerotherapy with OK-432 is variable and has been reported as 0–50%, and some reports have preferred surgical treatment despite the greater risk of potential complications. This article presents three cases of plunging ranula treated with ultrasound-guided injection of OK-432, resulting in successful regressions without major complications or recurrences. Ultrasound-guided intervention might increase the success ratio for sclerotherapy, despite the low number of patients for which it was effective in this study.