Mucocele Arising from the Submandibular Gland Presenting as Neck Swelling: A Rare Case Report

Mucoceles rarely involve major salivary glands. Very few cases involving the submandibular gland have been reported to date. A young male child presented with diffuse, soft, and painless swelling of the left submandibular region. Investigations suggested mucocele of the submandibular salivary gland....

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Autores principales: Chatterji, Probal, Rastogi, Rajul, Jain, Akshay, Choudhary, Somya, Jain, Nitanshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10305942/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37389384
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jiaps.jiaps_163_22
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author Chatterji, Probal
Rastogi, Rajul
Jain, Akshay
Choudhary, Somya
Jain, Nitanshi
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description Mucoceles rarely involve major salivary glands. Very few cases involving the submandibular gland have been reported to date. A young male child presented with diffuse, soft, and painless swelling of the left submandibular region. Investigations suggested mucocele of the submandibular salivary gland. The mucocele was excised along with the left submandibular gland. Recovery was uneventful.
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spelling pubmed-103059422023-06-29 Mucocele Arising from the Submandibular Gland Presenting as Neck Swelling: A Rare Case Report Chatterji, Probal Rastogi, Rajul Jain, Akshay Choudhary, Somya Jain, Nitanshi J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg Case Report Mucoceles rarely involve major salivary glands. Very few cases involving the submandibular gland have been reported to date. A young male child presented with diffuse, soft, and painless swelling of the left submandibular region. Investigations suggested mucocele of the submandibular salivary gland. The mucocele was excised along with the left submandibular gland. Recovery was uneventful. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023 2023-03-21 /pmc/articles/PMC10305942/ /pubmed/37389384 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jiaps.jiaps_163_22 Text en Copyright: © 2023 Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Chatterji, Probal
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Jain, Nitanshi
Mucocele Arising from the Submandibular Gland Presenting as Neck Swelling: A Rare Case Report
title Mucocele Arising from the Submandibular Gland Presenting as Neck Swelling: A Rare Case Report
title_full Mucocele Arising from the Submandibular Gland Presenting as Neck Swelling: A Rare Case Report
title_fullStr Mucocele Arising from the Submandibular Gland Presenting as Neck Swelling: A Rare Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Mucocele Arising from the Submandibular Gland Presenting as Neck Swelling: A Rare Case Report
title_short Mucocele Arising from the Submandibular Gland Presenting as Neck Swelling: A Rare Case Report
title_sort mucocele arising from the submandibular gland presenting as neck swelling: a rare case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10305942/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37389384
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jiaps.jiaps_163_22
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