Blandin and Nuhn mucocele in a pediatric patient

Blandin and Nuhn mucocele in a pediatric patient

Oral mucoceles are benign lesions that may appear in any location on the mucosal surfaces of the oral cavity where underlying minor salivary glands are found. The lower lip is the most frequently affected and the most widely reported location. Mucoceles involving the glands of Blandin and Nuhn are i...

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Published in:Journal of the Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry Vol. 36; no. 3; pp. 315 - 318
Main Authors: Jose, Sherin, Abraham, K, Khosla, Ektah
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Chandigarh Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd 01-07-2018
Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
Subjects:
Biopsy
Child health
Consent
Cysts
Mucocele
Mucosa
Mucous membrane
Oral cavity
Pathology
Patients
Pediatrics
Salivary gland
tongue
salivary gland
Mucocele
tongue
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Summary:Oral mucoceles are benign lesions that may appear in any location on the mucosal surfaces of the oral cavity where underlying minor salivary glands are found. The lower lip is the most frequently affected and the most widely reported location. Mucoceles involving the glands of Blandin and Nuhn are infrequent and constitute only about 1.9%-10.3% of the reported cases. Superficial mucoceles are a rare subtype of the Blandin and Nuhn mucoceles and are found only in 4.3%-10% of the mucocele excisions. The purpose of this report is to present a case of a superficial mucocele in the ventral surface of the tongue in a 7-year-old child. The lesion was treated with excisional biopsy.
ISSN:0970-4388
1998-3905
DOI:10.4103/JISPPD.JISPPD_10_18