Medical Science
Volume 24, Issue 105, September - October, 2020
A case series on Mucocele
Pooja Dhole1♦, Lohe V.K2, Ravindra P. Kadu3, Ayesha Sayyad4, Dhiran Talatule5
1Post-Graduate Student (Oral Medicine and Radiology), Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Sharad Pawar Dental College
& Hospital, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Sawangi (M), Wardha, India; Email:
poojadhole93@gmail.com
2Professor and Head, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Sharad Pawar Dental College & Hospital, Datta Meghe Institute
of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Sawangi (M), Wardha, India; Email: dr21_lohe@rediffmail.com
3Professor, Dept. of General Pathology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be
University), Sawangi (Meghe) Wardha, (M.S.), India; Email: dr_kadu@rediffmail.com
4Oral Medicine and Radiology, Vi-Scan CBCT centre, India; Email: drayeshasayyad@gmail.com
5Assistant Professor, Swargiya Dadasaheb Kalmegh Smruti Dental College and Hospital, Nagpur: 441110, India; Email:
dhiran.talatule@gmail.com
♦Corresponding author
Post-Graduate Student (Oral Medicine and Radiology), Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Sharad Pawar Dental College &
Hospital, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Sawangi (M), Wardha, India;
Email: poojadhole93@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
2Professor and Head, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Sharad Pawar Dental College & Hospital, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Sawangi (M), Wardha, India; Email: dr21_lohe@rediffmail.com
3Professor, Dept. of General Pathology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Sawangi (Meghe) Wardha, (M.S.), India; Email: dr_kadu@rediffmail.com
4Oral Medicine and Radiology, Vi-Scan CBCT centre, India; Email: drayeshasayyad@gmail.com
5Assistant Professor, Swargiya Dadasaheb Kalmegh Smruti Dental College and Hospital, Nagpur: 441110, India; Email: dhiran.talatule@gmail.com
Post-Graduate Student (Oral Medicine and Radiology), Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Sharad Pawar Dental College & Hospital, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Sawangi (M), Wardha, India; Email: poojadhole93@gmail.com
Lips disclose a diversified group of lesions fluctuating from developmental, ulcerative, inflammatory and neoplastic conditions. In the
salivary gland an abnormal change in structure of glands of traumatic origin are, formed due to perforation of main duct of a minor
salivary gland with consequential leakage of the mucus into the fibrous connective tissue resulting in formation of cyst like cavity
and this is the mucous retention phenomenon or mucocele. The wall of this cavity is formed by crushed bundles of collagen fibrils
and it is filled with mucin. The most frequent location of mucocele is lower lip and mostly the cause is trauma or habit of lip biting.
Diagnosis is chiefly clinical because of its pathognomonic appearance. The various sites for mucocele are the lower lip, the floor of
mouth and buccal mucosa. These case series present three cases of mucocele found on lower lip.
Keywords: Mucocele, soft tissue swelling on lower lip
Medical Science, 2020, 24(105), 2877-2882
