CASES OF RANULA AND JUVENILE XANTHOGRANULOMA IN THE ORAL CAVITY OF INFANTS

Disease in the oral cavity of infants is different from that in adults because the oral tissues of infants are growing and developing and variables such as food and drink, as well as teeth, are different.We have recently seen the following two cases.Case 1 : a 4-month-old female with a ranula located in the right sublingual region.Case 2 : a 16-month-old female with juvenile xanthogranuloma in the right lower lip of the oral mucosa, clinically suspected to be a mucous cyst. The lesions were resected under general anesthesia and we made the diagnoses histopathologically.Cases like these two are rare in infants. Embryological predisposition is suggested in the pathogenesis of these diseases.

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