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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
*A type of mucocele | [[File:Illu quiz hn 02.jpg|thumb|Salivary glands: #1 Parotid gland, #2 Submandibular gland, #3 Sublingual gland.]] | ||
*A type of mucocele of the sublingual gland | |||
==Clinical Features== | ==Clinical Features== | ||
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==Evaluation== | ==Evaluation== | ||
===Workup=== | ===Workup=== | ||
None required | *None required | ||
===Diagnosis=== | ===Diagnosis=== | ||
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==Management== | ==Management== | ||
*Does not typically require ED treatment | |||
==Disposition== | ==Disposition== | ||
Revisión actual - 22:18 21 feb 2019
Background
- A type of mucocele of the sublingual gland
Clinical Features
Mostly seen in young children and adolescents
- Swelling in floor of mouth to side of frenulum (typically unilateral)
- Color is pale blue with semi transparent appearance
- Surface is smooth and mucous membrane is mobile over the swelling
- Size varies from 1 – 5 cm in diameter
- Tenderness is absent
- Positive fluctuation and transillumination (if performed)
Differential Diagnosis
Facial Swelling
- Buccal space infections
- Dental problems
- Canine space infection
- Facial cellulitis
- Herpes zoster
- Masticator space infections
- Maxillofacial trauma
- Neoplasm
- Parapharyngeal space infection
- Salivary gland diagnoses
- Parotitis
- Ranula
- Sialoadenitis
- Sialolithiasis
- Superior vena cava syndrome
Evaluation
Workup
- None required
Diagnosis
- Typically a clinical diagnosis
Management
- Does not typically require ED treatment
Disposition
- Outpatient follow up with ENT