Mucocele of the Lower Lip and Its Surgical Management.

Cureus

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, IND.

Published: October 2024

We report a case of mucocele of the lower lip in a 17-year-old female patient. She complained of a painless swelling on her lower lip for the last one month. The patient also gave a history of lip-biting. Upon clinical inspection, a soft, round, dome-shaped bluish lesion with a pearly appearance was identified on the right lower labial mucosa. On palpation, the lesion was mobile and non-adherent to the underlying tissues. An excisional biopsy was performed under local anesthesia, and the excised sample was sent for histopathological evaluation. Histopathology revealed mucus pooling, surrounded by compressed connective tissue stroma and areas of chronic inflammation indicative of a mucocele. The post-excisional review was done after 10 days, and the patient's healing was satisfactory. The patient had no signs of recurrence after two years of follow-up.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11534429PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.70874DOI Listing

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