Some doctors can make a diagnosis based on the appearance and location of the cyst. Your doctor may order image tests to define the extent of the swelling or to confirm that your symptoms are caused by a ranula and not something else, such as an abscess, a dermoid cyst or a branchial cleft cyst.
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