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Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry · 2012

A 35-year-old patient complains of a swelling in the sublingual region which impairs speech and causes discomfort during eating. The swelling turned up about a week ago. Objectively: there is a roundish bulge up to 3 cm in diameter in the right sublingual region. Mucous membrane over it is not hyperaemic, there is fluctuation symptom in the center. Which disease do these symptoms correspond with?

Answer options

  1. Chronic sialoadenitis of sublingual salivary gland
  2. Retention cyst of the right sublingual salivary gland
  3. Acute sialoadenitis of submandibular salivary gland
  4. Sjogren’s disease
  5. Retention cyst of the right submandibular salivary gland
Correct answer

Retention cyst of the right sublingual salivary gland

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