This image displays a mucocele inside the lip. This image displays a close-up of a mucocele. This image displays a mucocele with a slight bluish color. This image displays a very large mucocele. This image displays a bluish oral mucocele on the lower lip. This image displays a mucocele inside the mouth.
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Oral Mucocele:
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Picture of Oral Mucocele: This image displays a mucocele inside the lip. Divider line
This image displays a mucocele inside the lip.
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Overview
An oral mucocele is a harmless, fluid-containing (cyst-like) swelling of the lip or mouth lining (mucosa) due to mucus from the small salivary glands of the mouth leaking into the soft tissue, usually from injury (trauma) or blockage of the gland. A similar lesion, the mucus-retention cyst, occurs from blockage and backup of saliva in the gland.
Last Modified: 29 Feb 2008

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