Mucoceles of the oral cavity: a large case series (1994-2008) and a literature review.
OBJECTIVE
Evaluating data of patients affected by oral mucoceles, examined at the Unit of Oral Medicine and Pathology of the University of Milan between January 1994 and December 2008.


METHODS
Concise review on oral mucoceles and analysis of the clinical files of patients who underwent excisional biopsy (patient age, medical history, diagnosis, date and site of the biopsy, histopathological diagnosis and recurrences if any).


RESULTS
During the period June 1994-December 2008, 158 mucoceles were observed (93 males and 65 females), with the most frequent site being the lower lip (53%) (p=0.001 by Fisher's test). The mean age of the patients was 31.9 years, with a peak of occurrence in the first four decades of life (75%).


CONCLUSIONS
Mucoceles are lesions commonly seen in an oral medicine service, mainly affecting young people and lower lips.
Re Cecconi
Dario
D
Unità di Medicina Orale, Patologia Orale ed Odontoiatria Geriatrica, Universita degli Studi di Milano, via Beldiletto 1, Milano 20142, Italy. d.rececconi@tin.it
Achilli
Antonio
A
Tarozzi
Marco
M
Lodi
Giovanni
G
Demarosi
Federica
F
Sardella
Andrea
A
Carrassi
Antonio
A
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009078:Mucocele / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult