China Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery ›› 2021, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (1): 91-93.doi: 10.19438/j.cjoms.2021.01.018

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Misdiagnosis of mucocele in buccal minor salivary glands: a case report

GAO Qian-qian1, SHANG Wei2, LIU Xiao-hua1   

  1. 1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Qingdao Stomatological Hospital Affiliated to Qingdao University. Qingdao 266001;
    2. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University. Qingdao 266001, Shandong Province, China
  • Received:2020-02-20 Revised:2020-04-15 Online:2021-01-20 Published:2021-02-19

Abstract: ] Mucocele of minor salivary glands was common in the lower lip and rarely in the cheek. Buccal mucous cyst was usually located in the submucosal tissues between the buccinator muscle. As a mucocele, the clinical manifestation of buccal mucocele was not typical, and it was easy to be misdiagnosed in clinic. This paper reported a case of larger mucocele from buccal minor salivary glands which was misdiagnosed as lipoma, in order to provide references for the diagnosis and treatment of buccal masses.

Key words: Minor salivary gland, Mucocele, Cheek

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