Mucous Retention Cyst – Review of Literature and a Case Report
Sonal Grover *
Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Christian Dental College, CMC, Ludhiana, 141008, India
Manpreet Singh Dev
Christian Dental College, CMC, Ludhiana, 141008, India
Jitinder Batra
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Post Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences, Rohtak, India
Rohan Talathi
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, M.A. Rangoonwala College of Dental Sciences and Research Center, Pune, 411001, India
Saurabh Singh
Tooth Friendly Dental Clinic, Balrampur, U.P., India
Ashish Gupta
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Institute of Dental Sciences, Sehora, Jammu and Kashmir, India
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Mucocele is a mucin filled cavity and is one of the most common salivary gland pathology. It arises either due to severance of a duct or due to an obstruction to the salivary flow. In the former case, the more appropriate term is mucous extravasation phenomenon and the latter is called mucous retention cyst. We present a case of mucous retention cyst in 21-year-old boy who presented to Dental Out Patient Department with a chief complaint of swelling in his lower lip. With this case report we also attempt to review and highlight the differences between the two entities with a common name.
Keywords: Mucocele, mucous retention cyst, mucous extravasation phenomenon