Evaluation of the clinicopathological characteristics of labial mucocele

Abstract EN

The objective of the present study is to evaluate the clinicopathological characteristics of labial mucocele.

Eighteen cases of labial mucocele were studied, a special protocol was designed and clinical & histopathological variables were recorded.

Only one mucocele occurred in the upper lip, the rest being in the lower lip.

One was bilateral.

Of the mucoceles examined, 88% were of the extravasation type and 11% were retention.

Of the 16 classified as of the retention type, 12.5% were in the initial stage, 31.25% in the resorption stage and 56.25% in the final stage.

It is concluded that diagnosis can be established from clinical details although a histopathological study is necessary to confirm the diagnosis.