INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 20
  • Issue: 1

Surgical Management of Sub-lingual Salivary Mucocele in a Dog

  • Author:
  • V. Kumar1,, V. Lalzawmliana2, D. Ghosh3
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 128 to 129

1Ph. D. Scholar, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, R.K. Nagar, Tripura (West)

2Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, R.K. Nagar, Tripura (West)

3Professor, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences (WBUAFS), 37, K.B. Sarani, Kolkata-700037 (West Bengal)

Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences (WBUAFS), 37, K.B. Sarani, Kolkata-700037 (West Bengal)

*Corresponding author. E-mail: vet.vk134@gmail.com

Online published on 30 November, 2019.

Abstract

A male dog was presented with history of gradually developing, fluctuant and painless mass on the ventral aspect of tongue. Clinical examination revealed ranula or sub-lingual salivary mucocele and was treated by surgical intervention. The animal recovered uneventfully.

Keywords

Marsupialization, ranula, thermocautery, trauma