A little meat has grown under the tongue. Why?

1 Normal physiological structure A normal person's sublingual structure includes caruncle, salivary duct opening and sublingual folds. These are normal physiological structures and will not feel pain and itching.

2 sublingual gland cyst The small piece of meat under the sublingual gland may also be caused by sublingual gland cyst, which is a cyst formed by the blockage of saliva in the sublingual gland duct. At present, it is considered that the expansion of the distal end of the catheter after occlusion and the leakage of mucus from the surrounding tissue space are the main factors for the formation of cysts.

Sublingual gland cyst may develop into sublingual tumor if it is not treated in time, usually invading the floor of mouth, mandible, lingual palatine arch and tonsil. The closer the lesion is to the base of the tongue, the greater the possibility of malignant lesions.

4 sublingual polyps refer to redundant tumors that grow on the surface of human tissues. Modern medicine usually refers to the vegetation growing on the surface of human mucosa as polyps. If there are small meatballs under the tongue, they may also belong to sublingual polyps.