Mucocele: An unusual presentation of the minor salivary gland lesion

Senthilkumar, B; Mahabob, M Nazargi

doi:10.4103/0975-7406.100265

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“…In general population, the prevalance of mucocele is 2.4 cases per 1000 people with barely any difference between males and females. [8] According to the data collected on 2,339 cases of mucocele by The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, 33.0% of mucocele occurred on the lower lip, 7.7% on the buccal mucosa, 6.3% on the oor of the mouth, 6.1% on the tongue and only 0.4% on the upper lip. [9] Mucoceles have been reported to occur in the second and third decades of life, especially in young individuals, with 70% of them being younger than 20 years.…”

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“…[9] Mucoceles have been reported to occur in the second and third decades of life, especially in young individuals, with 70% of them being younger than 20 years. [8] The main etiological factors of mucocele reported in literature are traumatism, oral habits such as lip biting/sucking and obstruction of salivary gland duct. [10] In the present case also trauma from the malpositioned teeth was identied as the cause of lesion.…”

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Conventional Treatment of Mucus Filled Cavity

Gupta¹,

Sharma

Thind³

et al. 2019

Global Journal for Research Analysis

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Mucocele is dened as mucus-lled cavity, which can appear in the oral cavity, appendix, gallbladder, paranasal sinuses, and lacrimal sac. They are mostly benign and self-limiting nature. The lesion is formed when the main duct of a minor salivary gland is torn followed by extravasation of the mucus into the brous connective tissue so that a cyst like cavity is produced. The most common site of occurrence is lower lip and most probably affects the young patients. These are soft, uctuant, transparent cystic swelling of deep blue colour. Surgical removal of the mucocele is the treatment of choice. This paper reviews the Mucocele and presents a case reports.

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Conventional Treatment of Mucus Filled Cavity

Gupta¹,

Sharma

Thind³

et al. 2019

Global Journal for Research Analysis

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“…Various authors have described imaging methods that can help in making the final diagnosis. A near unanimity of authors consider US the first choice among all available imaging resources in the detection of diseases of the salivary glands [5,7,[20][21][22][23][24][25][26]. However, the majority of the scholars only refer to its indications, advantages and disadvantages in relation to other imaging examinations.…”

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Contribution of Ultrasonography to the Diagnosis of Submucosal and Subcutaneous Nodular Lesions of the Oral and Maxillofacial Region: Analysis of Cases

Martins

Salum

Cherubini

et al. 2014

J. Maxillofac. Oral Surg.

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Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the contribution of ultrasonography in the establishment of the diagnosis of nonspecific nodular lesions of the oral soft tissues. We determined the indication of use and reliability of ultrasonography in the field of dentistry, considering whether it was of value in the conclusive diagnosis of these pathologies. Materials and Methods We recruited 65 patients from the Oral Medicine Unit of São Lucas Hospital, who had submucosal and subcutaneous nodules, without established diagnosis. They were subjected to ultrasonography of the lesion, carried out with standardization of the protocol and equipment, utilizing a Doppler system. The ultrasonographic report was prepared by an experienced professional, noting the imaging characteristics as well as the possibility of diagnosis. Two calibrated examiners analyzed the data, comparing the ultrasonographic report with the final diagnosis. Accordingly, we used established scoring, where zero corresponded to no contribution to the final diagnosis, 1 helped in the management of the case, and 2 when imaging determined the diagnosis. Results A zero score was obtained for 12.3 % of the examinations performed, and 1 and 2 accounted for respectively 41.5 and 46.1 %, totaling a contribution of about 88 %. Ultrasonography was of value in the diagnosis of vascular lesions in 93.3 % and of neoplasms in 87.5 %. In the salivary gland diseases, it contributed to the final diagnosis in 75 %. Conclusion The results demonstrated that ultrasonography is an effective tool in the determination of the definitive diagnosis of nonspecific nodular lesions of the soft tissues of the oral and maxillofacial region.

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“…They take up a bluish to translucent hue, whereas the deep lesions have normal mucosal appearance and bleeding may impart a bright red and vascular appearance 7,8 .…”

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“…Also known as mucus extravasation phenomenon, mucus escape reaction 8 .A mucocele is a benign, mucus-containing cystic lesion of the minor salivary gland 7 .It is a common lesion of the oral mucosa that results from rupture of a salivary gland duct and spillage of mucin into the surrounding soft tissues. This spillage is often the result of local trauma 8 .…”

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