Tongue Mucoceles: a retrospective clinic-pathological evaluation of 240 cases

• Main Authors: Romeo Patini (Author), Michele Giuliani (Author), Gioele Gioco (Author), Mariateresa Tranfa (Author), Vito Carlo Alberto Caponio (Author), John Fantasia (Author), Carlo Lajolo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Background Minor salivary glands can be found in the ventral and anterior part of the tongue; these glands can rarely develop mucoceles that, due to their rarity and their unusual clinical appearance, may present an interesting differential diagnosis. Mucoceles appear as an exophytic, somet...