점액낭종의 외과적 절제에 관한 치료증례 = SURGICAL EXCISION OF MUCOCELE : A CASE REPORT

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Mucocele is clinical term used to describe swelling caused by the pooling of saliva at the site of a severed or obstructed minor salivary gland duct. Two types are recognized: extravasation type is most common and their pathogenesis is related to partial obstruction travasation type is most common and their pathogenesis is related to partial obstruction of the duct. Mucocele may occur in any location where accessary saivary gland tissue is found. However, most frequently, it occur on the lower lip. Clinically, it is painless, spherial, bluish, fluid-filled blister or vesicle. The lesions varies in size from a few millimeters to a centimeter.
The preferred treatment is complete excision. If the mucocele is incompletely removed, it has a marked tendency to recur.
This case report presents three cases. Two cases was developed on lower lip and the other was on dorsum of the tongue. All cases was extravasation type and treated by surgical excision of the lesion. There was no recurrence during follow up period about 5-12 months.