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Keywords: Abstract
Benign lesion, extravasation mucocele, Mucocele is a painless benign swelling in the oral cavity caused by a blockage of salivary
traumatic fibroma
gland or its duct. Although they are painless but may cause difficulty to patients for eating
and speaking. Most mucoceles are visually identifiable. Only a few of mucoceles do not
Correspondence:
Dr. Arundhati Biswas, Department of Oral
require any special treatment, and most of them can be removed by surgical excision.
Medicine and Radiology, Sri Rajiv Gandhi Mucoceles most commonly affect young patients. Usually, extravasation mucoceles are
College of Dental Sciences, located in the lower lip and retention mucoceles can be seen at any site in the oral cavity.
Bengaluru -560 032, Karnataka, India. Trauma is the main causative factor involved in the formation of mucoceles. It is essential
Phone: 9845451029. to visually recognize mucocele, for its proper treatment. This article reports a case of
E-mail: arundhatibds@gmail.com mucocele in a patient with sudden trauma on the lower lip. It was clinically diagnosed
as traumatic fibroma because of its atypical presentation which was treated by surgical
Received: 05 October 2018; excision.
Accepted: 25 November 2018
doi: 10.15713/ins.jcri.246
Case Report
Discussion
A male patient aged 21 years reported to the department of oral
medicine and radiology with the chief complaint of growth on Mucocele clinically appears as a slow growing, painless,
the left lower lip due to sudden trauma 1 day back due to lip and fluctuant growth or swelling that occurs due to mucus
biting. Medical history was non-contributory. The patient was extravasation or mucous retention from the salivary gland. It
moderately built and nourished. Extraoral examination revealed is a common benign cystic lesion, ranked 17th most common
no facial asymmetry. salivary gland lesion and the 2nd of most common soft tissue
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