title: [A large mucocele of unusual location].
abstract: We present the case of a patient who presented an unusually large mucoid cyst measuring 38 x 25 mm in an uncommon localization, the right maxillary. We examine the topographic and histological characteristics of mucoceles together with their treatment. The main differential diagnoses of liquid tumoral formations of the maxillary are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Stomatologie et de Chirurgie Maxillo-Faciale, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chikhani
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Maladiere
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fleuridas
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Bertrand
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guilbert
mesh_terms: D001845:Bone Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008439:Maxillary Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009078:Mucocele / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D009631:Nonodontogenic Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis; D011859:Radiography; D011900:Ranula / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Une mucocèle de taille et de localisation inhabituelle.