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Oral mucocele (also mucous extravasation cyst, mucous cyst of the oral mucosa, [1] and mucous retention and extravasation phenomena) is a condition caused by two ...
A ranula is a type of mucocele, and therefore could be classified as a disorder of the salivary glands. Usually a ranula is confined to the floor of the mouth (termed a "simple ranula"). [6] An unusual variant is the cervical ranula (also called a plunging or diving ranula), where the swelling is in the neck rather than the floor of the mouth. [1]
Appendiceal mucocele is found in 0.3 to 0.7% of the appendectomies. [1] It is characterized by the dilation of the organ lumen with mucus accumulation. [1] Appendix mucocele may come as a consequence of obstructive or inflammatory processes, cystadenomas or cystadenocarcinomas. Its main complication is pseudomyxoma peritonei. [1]
Mucocele; 2. Retention cyst; 3. Pseudocyst; 4. Postoperative maxillary cyst; III. Cysts of the soft tissues of the mouth, face and neck 1. Dermoid and epidermoid cysts; 2. Lymphoepithelial (branchial) cyst; 3. Thyroglossal duct cyst; 4. Anterior median lingual cyst (intralingual cyst of foregut origin) 5.
This segment is usually dilated. It is also referred to as bronchial mucocele. [1] If there is no obstruction to the flow of mucus, it is called mucoid impaction of bronchus. [2] A bronchocele results from obstruction of the bronchus. Overproduction of mucus can also contribute. Obstruction may occur due to scarring, a tumor, or congenital ...
Fordyce spots (also termed Fordyce granules) are harmless and painless visible sebaceous glands typically appearing as white/yellow small bumps or spots on the inside of lips or cheeks, gums, or genitalia.
The epiglottic valleculae are paired spaces between the root of the tongue and anterior surface of the epiglottis.Each vallecula is bordered medially by the median glossoepiglottic fold and laterally by the lateral glossoepiglottic fold.
Mucous cyst of the oral mucosa (mucocele) Nagayama's spots; Oral Crohn's disease; Oral florid papillomatosis; Oral melanosis; Osseous choristoma of the tongue; Peripheral ameloblastoma; Plasma cell cheilitis (plasma cell gingivitis, plasma cell orificial mucositi) Plasmoacanthoma; Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia