{"title":"Sublingual gland herniation through the mylohyoid muscle.","authors":"H. Nathan, E. Luchansky","doi":"10.1097/00006534-198602000-00050","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A deficiency in the mylohyoid muscle, usually with a herniation of part of the sublingual gland and fat tissue through it, was present in 82 (27.3%) of 300 half-heads dissected. In 17 (11.3%) of the cadavers the condition was bilateral. The hiatus appeared as a transverse fissure between the fibers or as a broader round or oval opening. In some cases the herniation was found constricted at its base; in others the base was broad. The importance of these herniations for diagnostic and surgical purposes is stressed, and the possible factors in their development are analyzed.","PeriodicalId":19675,"journal":{"name":"Oral surgery, oral medicine, and oral pathology","volume":"81 1","pages":"21-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1986-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"24","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Oral surgery, oral medicine, and oral pathology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1097/00006534-198602000-00050","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A deficiency in the mylohyoid muscle, usually with a herniation of part of the sublingual gland and fat tissue through it, was present in 82 (27.3%) of 300 half-heads dissected. In 17 (11.3%) of the cadavers the condition was bilateral. The hiatus appeared as a transverse fissure between the fibers or as a broader round or oval opening. In some cases the herniation was found constricted at its base; in others the base was broad. The importance of these herniations for diagnostic and surgical purposes is stressed, and the possible factors in their development are analyzed.