Superficial mucocele of the lower lip: case report

Authors

  • Tony Santos Peixoto
  • Emmanuel Albuquerque Souza
  • Josuel Raimundo Cavalcante
  • Alessandro Leite Cavalcanti

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9771/cmbio.v7i2.4451

Keywords:

Mucocele, Salivary glands, minor - Diagnosis

Abstract

Mucoceles are mucous cysts related to obstruction or trauma of the minor salivary glands. The preferential localizations are lower lip, the soft palate, mandibular retromolar region, and oral mucosa. Microscopically they are subepithelial extravasations of sialomucin that occur at the epithelial connective tissue interface. The diagnosis of superficial mucocele is mainly clinical, and a biopsy is rarely indicated. This report describes a lesion of the lower lip that was definitively diagnosed by histologic examination as a mucocele or mucus retention phenomenon.

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Published

2008-07-15

How to Cite

Peixoto, T. S., Souza, E. A., Cavalcante, J. R., & Cavalcanti, A. L. (2008). Superficial mucocele of the lower lip: case report. Journal of Medical and Biological Sciences, 7(2), 188–192. https://doi.org/10.9771/cmbio.v7i2.4451

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 2 (2008): Revista de Ciências Médicas e Biológicas

Section

Clinical Cases

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