DA04.5
Mucocele of salivary gland
Mucocele de glândula salivar
CategoryDefinition
This is a cavity dilated with accumulated mucous extravasation; mucous retention cyst. maxillary sinus m., maxillary sinus retention cyst. Collectively, the mucocele, the oral ranula, and the cervical, or plunging, ranula are clinical terms for a pseudocyst that is associated with mucus extravasation into the surrounding soft tissues. These lesions occur as the result of trauma or obstruction to the salivary gland excretory duct and spillage of mucin into the surrounding soft tissues.
Index Terms
Mucocele of salivary glandretention cyst of salivary glandsalivary cystsalivary gland mucocelesialocelecyst of salivary gland or ductextravasation cyst of salivary glandCyst of parotid glandCyst of sublingual glandsublingual cystCyst of submandibular glandRanula of salivary gland of floor of mouthptyaloceleranula of floor of mouth