• The term gallbladder mucocele refers to an overdistended gallbladder filled with mucoid or clear and watery content. (medscape.com)
  • No single laboratory test is diagnostic of a gallbladder mucocele. (medscape.com)
  • Canine gallbladder mucocele (GBM) is characterized by progressive accumulation of tenacious pale yellow to dark green mucin-laden bile, which may extend into the cystic, hepatic, and common bile ducts, resulting in variable degrees of bile duct obstruction. (msdvetmanual.com)
  • Collectively, the mucocele, the oral ranula, and the cervical, or plunging, ranula are clinical terms for a pseudocyst that is associated with mucus extravasation into the surrounding soft tissues. (medscape.com)
  • Rarely, the mucocele arises within the submandibular gland and presents as a plunging ranula. (medscape.com)
  • Cutaneous columnar cyst Cystic hygroma Gingival cyst Mucocele Ranula Thyroglossal duct cyst Pincus RL (2001). (wikipedia.org)
  • Molero-Osorio A, Santos-Bolívar J, Mencías O, Briceño-Pérez C. Early Prenatal Diagnosis of Congenital Ranula. (americanjs.com)
  • Congenital ranula (CR) is a rare tumor. (americanjs.com)
  • Ranula is a blue-looking mucocele located in the anterior part of the floor of the mouth. (yucelenhastanesi.com)
  • This narrated video demonstrates congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction resulting in cystic expansion in the nasal cavity. (eyesurgeryvideos.net)
  • The lesions of the sinus, such as sinus mucoceles, antral pseudocysts, and retention cysts, are not included in this discussion. (medscape.com)
  • Less common etiologies include infection due to gas-forming organisms, mucoceles, tumors, congenital neuroenteric cysts, and dural defects. (peertechzpublications.org)
  • congenital neuroenteric cysts and dural defects may also cause pneumocephalus [1,2]. (peertechzpublications.org)
  • Congenital cysts occur more frequently as solitary cysts but may be multiple. (bvsalud.org)
  • Less common are retention mucoceles, resulting from ductal obstruction and retention of saliva within the ductal system. (bvsalud.org)
  • The duct may become occluded by a sialolith, congenital malformation, stenosis, periductal fibrosis, periductal scarring due to prior trauma, excretory duct agenesis, or even a tumor. (medscape.com)
  • Regarding superficial mucoceles, trauma does not always appear to play an important role in the pathogenesis. (medscape.com)
  • Patients with superficial mucoceles report small fluid-filled vesicles on the soft palate, the retromolar pad, the posterior buccal mucosa, and, occasionally, the lower labial mucosa. (medscape.com)
  • Mucoceles usually require excisional biopsy and removal of the servicing minor salivary glands. (medscape.com)
  • The lesion was suggestive of mucocele and excisional biopsy was performed under local anesthesia (Figures 2 and 3 ). (bvsalud.org)
  • Treatment of diseases associated with gums such as ulcers, mucoceles, etc. (caspiandentalcenter.com)
  • These dentists also treat gum diseases and conditions like mouth ulcers, mucoceles, short frenula, and pediatric periodontal disease. (mixform.com)
  • Diagnosis of oral disorders linked to diseases like diabetes, congenital heart disease, asthma, hay fever, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. (htowndental.com)
  • Lack of precautionary measures with respect to oral conditions could result in consequences such as getting diseases like asthma, diabetes, hay fever, hyperactivity disorder, or a congenital heart defect. (caspiandentalcenter.com)
  • The Pediatric Dentist, deep cleaning near me , also provided the services of diagnosing oral conditions associated with diseases such as diabetes, asthma, congenital heart defect, hay fever, and attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). (mixform.com)
  • Congenital heart diseases: principal alterations. (unibo.it)
  • Nasal dermoids are rare congenital lesions present in 1/20,000 to 1/40,000 patients. (jcimcr.org)
  • Mucoceles, which are of minor salivary gland origin, are also referred to as mucus retention phenomenon and mucus escape reaction. (medscape.com)
  • it can also include major surgeries such as mastoidectomies and treating children with significant congenital abnormalities. (healthecareers.com)
  • Extravasation mucoceles have a tendency to occur in younger patients whereas retention mucoceles may occur most often in middle to late life 1,3 . (bvsalud.org)
  • There were no other congenital malformations or polyhydramnios. (americanjs.com)
  • Only about 10% of these congenital lesions have an associated tract or tail with an intracranial extension. (jcimcr.org)
  • Ranulas are mucoceles that occur in the floor of the mouth and usually involve the major salivary glands. (medscape.com)
  • The authors report their experience with an infant presenting with an infected nasolacrimal duct mucocele, emphasizing correlation of clinical, CT, and surgical findings. (elsevierpure.com)
  • Surgical excision with the submission of the tissue for histopathologic examination is the treatment of choice for persistent oral mucoceles and ranulas. (medscape.com)
  • Congenital idiopathic megaesophagus (CIM) is characterized as a gastrointestinal motility disorder preventing the normal transport of food within the stomach by reduced peristaltic activity and dilation of the esophagus. (labogen.com)
  • We also evaluated the association between serum HA concentration and the size of the shunt vessel as an indirect marker of decreased liver clearance in patients with single congenital vascular anomaly. (researcher.life)
  • Case presentation: Two cases of a congenital midline cervical cleft of a 2-year-old and of a 5-year-old Caucasian boy were presented in our craniofacial clinic. (haomsjournal.org)
  • Congenital anomalies, such as ductal atresia or failure of canalization of the excretory ducts, may contribute to the development of ranulas in infants. (medscape.com)
  • Congenital idiopathic megaesophagus (CIM) affected dogs show symptoms like regurgitation of meal. (labogen.com)
  • The majority of mucoceles are extravasation type in which there is pooling of mucus in the connective tissue presumably arising from trauma to a salivary duct. (bvsalud.org)
  • Mucoceles are common disorders of the minor salivary glands, occurring specially on the lower lip. (bvsalud.org)
  • Mucoceles are probably the most common disorders of the minor salivary glands 1-4 , typically presenting as single bluish or translucent asymptomatic nodules, especially on the lower lip 1-3,5 . (bvsalud.org)
  • For example, Limb loss as a result of either amputation following surgery or congenital absence of limb. (dentaldevotee.com)
  • The clinical features associated with mucoceles include a nontender, mobile, dome-shaped enlargement with intact epithelium that lies over it. (medscape.com)
  • Mucocele (hydrops) of the gallbladder is a term denoting an overdistended gallbladder filled with mucoid or clear and watery content. (medscape.com)
  • Aneurysms: congenital and acquired vascular aneurysm (atherosclerotic, aortitis and syphilitic aneurysm). (unibo.it)
  • The present report, however, details the treatment of a mucocele excision performed in an 8-month-old baby with local anesthesia. (bvsalud.org)
  • Brady-McCreery KM, Hussein MA, Paysse EA " Congenital toxoplasmosis with unusual retinal findings. . (bcm.edu)
  • Studies have revealed increased levels of matrix metalloproteins, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, type IV collagenase, and plasminogen activators in mucoceles compared with that of whole saliva. (medscape.com)