Laller S et al. Oral Mucous Extravasation Cyst. Case Report An Appraisal of Oral Mucous Extravasation Cyst Case with Mini Review

A mucocele is a mucus retention phenomenon of the major and, more commonly, the minor salivary glands. This lesion has also been called a mucus extravasation phenomenon. Mucocele is the common salivary gland disorder and it is second most common benign soft tissue tumor in the oral cavity. By definition, they are not true cysts. In the present case the tentative diagnosis of a mucocele was made from the clinical history, clinical presentation and palpation, and the definitive diagnosis was made by histopathology. Conventional treatment of the mucocele was done with excision along the associated overlying mucosa and the glandular tissue down to the muscle layer