Myxoglobulosis in an extravasation mucocele of the lower lip.
A case of extravasation mucocele showing an unusual intraluminal globular organization of the mucous content is described. The cystic lesion was obtained from the lower lip of a 10-year-old Japanese girl and presented as a painless swelling of 1 year duration. Histologically, the cyst cavity was filled with round globules and encapsulated by a granulation tissue wall devoid of a lining epithelium. To our knowledge this peculiar histological pattern has not been previously described in an oral mucocele. Clinicopathological features of 'myxoglobulosis of the appendix', a morphological variant of appendiceal mucocele, appear to be related to the present case.
Li
T J
TJ
Department of Oral Pathology, Kagoshima University Dental School, Japan.
Kitano
M
M
Yoshida
A
A
Iwashige
Y
Y
Yamashita
S
S
D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008047:Lip Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D009078:Mucocele / Q000473:pathology*