Phenomenon of mucous retention in the incisive canal.
Mucous glands are rarely found in the anterior palate but may be observed in the incisive canal. A case history is presented of a lesion that resembled a nasopalatine cyst both clinically and radiographically but which was in fact an intra-bony extravasation phenomenon.
D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology*; D005088:Exocrine Glands / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008439:Maxillary Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009093:Mucus; D010159:Palate