Information about Mucocele
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| A mucocele on the lower lip. | |
| DiseasesDB | 30713 |
| eMedicine | derm/274 |
| MeSH | D009078 |
Locations
The most common location to find a mucocele is the surface of the lower lip. It can also be found on the inner side of the cheek (known as the buccal mucosa), on the anterior ventral tongue, and the floor of the mouth. When found on the floor of the mouth, the mucocele is referred to as a ranula. They are rarely found on the upper lip.Characteristics
The size of mucoceles vary from 1 mm to several centimeters. On palpation, mucoceles may appear to fluctuant but can also be firm. Their duration lasts from days to years, and may have recurrent swelling with occasional rupturing of its contents.Variations
A variant of a mucocele is found on the palate, retromolar pad, and posterior buccal mucosa. Known as a "superficial mucocele", this type presents as single or multiple vesicles and bursts into an ulcer. Despite healing after a few days, superficial mucoceles recur often in the same location.Histology
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Histopathologic image of extravasation type mucocele of the lower lip. H & E stain.
Treatment
Some mucoceles spontaneously resolve on their own after a short time. Others are chronic and require surgical removal. Recurrence may occur, and thus the adjacent salivary gland is excised as a preventive measure.Several types of procedures are available for the surgical removal of mucoceles. These include laser and minimally-invasive techniques which means recovery times are reduced drastically.
References
- Kahn, Michael A. Basic Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology. Volume 1. 2001.
External links
- Image 1 of Mucocele
- Image 2 of Mucocele (observe the bluish hue)
- Images of Mucocele removal procedure. (Warning: Graphic pictures)
- Diagnostic Images of Mucocele
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Swelling
Classifications and external resources
ICD-10 R22
ICD-9 782.2 , 784.2 , 786.6 , 789.3
In medical parlance, swelling is the enlargement of organs caused by accumulation of excess fluid in tissues, called edema.
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Classifications and external resources
ICD-10 R22
ICD-9 782.2 , 784.2 , 786.6 , 789.3
In medical parlance, swelling is the enlargement of organs caused by accumulation of excess fluid in tissues, called edema.
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Connective tissue is one of the four types of tissue in traditional classifications (the others being epithelial, muscle, and nervous tissue.) It is largely a category of exclusion rather than one with a precise definition, but all or most tissues in this category are similarly:
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Mucins are a family of large, heavily glycosylated proteins. Although some mucins are membrane-bound due to the presence of a hydrophobic membrane-spanning domain that favors retention in the plasma membrane, the concentration here is on those mucins that are secreted on mucosal
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In anatomy and physiology, a duct is a circumscribed channel leading from an exocrine gland or organ.
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Lactiferous duct mammary gland nipple milk
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Types of ducts
Examples include:Duct From To Carries
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Buccal mucosa is mucous membrane of the inside of the cheek. It is non-keratinised and is continuous with the mucosae of the soft palate, under surface of tongue and the floor of the mouth.
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The tongue is the large bundle of skeletal muscles on the floor of the mouth that manipulates food for chewing and swallowing (deglutition). It is the primary organ of taste. Much of the surface of the tongue is covered in taste buds.
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mouth, also known as the buccal cavity or the oral cavity, is the orifice through which an organism takes in food and water.
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Location
In all mammals, the mouth is forward-facing in the face. Non-mammals have mouths in other locations (e.g...... Click the link for more information.
ranula is a type of mucocele found on the floor of the mouth. Ranulas present as a swelling of connective tissue consisting of collected mucin from a ruptured salivary gland duct, which is usually caused by local trauma.
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Not to be confused with palette or pallet.
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vesicle is a relatively small and enclosed compartment, separated from the cytosol by at least one lipid bilayer. If there is only one lipid bilayer, they are called unilamellar vesicles; otherwise they are called multilamellar.
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Granulation tissue is the perfused, fibrous connective tissue that replaces a fibrin clot in healing wounds. Granulation tissue typically grows from the base of a wound and is able to fill wounds of almost any size.
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Inflammation (Latin, inflammatio, to set on fire) is the complex biological response of vascular tissues to harmful stimuli, such as pathogens, damaged cells, or irritants.
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Neutrophil granulocytes, generally referred to as neutrophils, are the most abundant type of white blood cells and form an integral part of the immune system. Their name arrives from staining characteristics on hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) histological preparations.
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A histiocyte is a cell that is part of the human immune system; a tissue macrophage cell[1][2][3] ("histo-" = "tissue", and "-cyte" = "cell".) Some sources also consider Langerhans cell derivatives to be histocytes.
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