A mucocele is a mucus cyst produced by extravasation of salivary secretion due to the rupture of a salivary gland duct, or salivary retention within an accessory salivary gland, due to duct stricture ...

Paranasal sinus mucoceles are benign, expansile cystic lesions lined by respiratory epithelium that gradually accumulate mucus and enlarge, often causing bony erosion and extension into orbital or ...

Oral mucoceles and ranulas represent benign accumulations of mucous arising from minor and major salivary glands, respectively. Mucoceles commonly present as bluish, fluctuant nodules on the lower lip ...

A mucus cyst is a thin mucus-filled swelling on the oral mucosa. It is typically painless, and contains clear viscous fluid. It affects both sexes alike, and occurs at all ages. Most mucoceles tend to ...