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Table 1 Categorisation of spectrum of pathology

From: Imaging of the sublingual and submandibular spaces

Congenital

Vascular

Infection/inflammation

Neoplasm

Aplasia/hypoplasia of salivary glands

Low flow

Cellulitis

Benign

-Venous malformations

Ludwig angina

-Lipoma

Dermoid/Epidermoid cyst

-Lymphatic malformations

Abscess

Ranula

-Primary salivary gland tumours (ie. pleomorphic adneoma)

-Neurogenic tumours

 

High flow

 

Malignant

 

-Arterial malformations

Sialoadenitis

-Squamous cell carcinoma

-Primary salivary gland tumours (ie. mucoepidermoid carcinoma)

-Lymphoma