title: Mucocele of the glands of Blandin-Nuhn after lingual frenectomy.
abstract: Mucoceles are the most common lesions of the minor salivary glands and typically appear as a fluctuant, bluish, nontender, submucosal swelling with a normal overlying mucosa. Mucoceles of the glands of Blandin-Nuhn (in the anterior portion of the ventral surface of the tongue) have been considered to be uncommon. This article reports an unusual case of a large extravasation mucocele involving the ventral surface of the tongue, which appeared after a lingual frenectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontology, Ribeirão Preto Dental School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. thiago.ctbmf@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Thiago de Santana
authors.initials: Tde S
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Paulo Ricardo Saquete Martins
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Filho
authors.forename: Marta Rabello
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Piva
authors.forename: Frederick
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Khalil Karam
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008035:Lingual Frenum / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009078:Mucocele / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D012470:Salivary Glands, Minor / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*