Mucocele: Causes, Symptoms, And Treatment
Write a short note on the mucous cyst of the lower lip.
Answer. It is also known as a mucocele.
Mucous cyst of lower lip Etiology
- Due to obstruction of salivary duct
- Trauma to secretory acini.
Mucous cyst of lower lip Clinical Features
- They are common and occur on the inner aspect of lower lip. They may also occur on palate, cheek, tongue and flor of the mouth.
- They occur most frequently during the third decade of life.
- The patient complains of painless swelling. The swelling may suddenly develops at meal time and may drain simultaneously at interval.
- The swelling is round, oval, or smooth.
- The superfiial cyst appears as bluish mass and if inflmmed it is flctuant, soft, nodular and dome-shaped elevation.
Mucous cyst of lower lip Treatment
Surgical removal is done by sharp and blunt dissection followed by excision of minor salivary glands.
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