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a
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital,
Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
b
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine,
Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
KEYWORDS Abstract Mucoceles are quite common in the oral cavity, but reports on pediatric patients
Children; are very rare. The aims of this study were to present our data and experience in the treatment
Mucoceles; of mucoceles of the oral cavity in pediatric patients, to compare them with those of other
Oral cavity; countries, and to remind the pediatric physician to devote much attention to lesions of the oral
Pediatric cavity in children. This retrospective study is based on the record of the patients who received
surgical treatment for mucoceles of the oral cavity with pathologic confirmation at the Depart-
ment of Dentistry, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Taiwan, between 2000 and 2004.
Patients younger than 18 years were included in this study. The analyzed data included age,
gender, site, size, histopathologic findings, surgical methods, and complications. There were
a total of 289 patients with mucoceles confirmed by histopathologic examination. As many
as 64 patients were younger than 18 years. Of the 64, 34 were girls and 30 were boys; 89.1%
of the lesions were in the lower lip; and 48.4% of the lesions were less than 5 mm in diameter.
Histopathologic findings showed that all mucoceles were of the extravasation type. As many as
30 patients were treated by carbon dioxide laser vaporization, and two cases recurred (6.67%);
34 patients were treated by surgical excision, and the recurrence rate (5.88%) was not statis-
tically different for the treatment methods. The laser vaporization has the advantage of less
bleeding, no sutures, and saving time, especially suitable for children with oral mucocele.
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* Corresponding author. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical
University, No. 100, Tz-you 1st Road, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan.
E-mail address: iyuhu@cc.kmu.edu.tw (IY Huang).
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