1. Oral mucoceles: A Brazillian Multicenter Study of 1,901 Cases
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Georgea Gabriela Barreto Miranda, Samuel de Carvalho Chaves-Junior, Matheus Paschoaletto Lopes, Talytha Barbosa da Rocha, Débora Frota Colares, Fábio Augusto Ito, Israel Leal Cavalcante, Roberta Barroso Cavalcante, Bruno Augusto Benevenuto de Andrade, Cassiano Francisco Weege Nonaka, Pollianna Muniz Alves, Ricardo Luiz Cavalcanti de Albuquerque-Júnior, and John Lennon Silva Cunha
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Salivary gland ,Male ,Adult ,Adolescent ,diagnosis ,Mucocele ,Histopathology ,Salivary Gland Diseases ,Young Adult ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Child, Preschool ,Humans ,Female ,Child ,Mouth Diseases ,General Dentistry ,Retrospective Studies - Abstract
Oral mucocele (OM) is the most common lesion of minor salivary glands. The present study aimed to report the clinical and demographic features of a large series of OMs and identify possible predictive variables associated with the recurrence rate of these lesions. A retrospective descriptive cross-sectional study was performed. A total of 43,754 biopsy records from four pathology services in Brazil were analyzed. All cases of OMs were reviewed, and clinical and demographic data were collected. The study comprised 1,002 females (56.2%) and 782 males (43.8%), with a mean age of 19.8±16.4 years (range: 01-87 years) and a 1.3:1 female-to-male ratio. The lower lip (n=1,160; 67.4%), and floor of the mouth (n=172; 10.0%), were the most common affected sites, presenting clinically as nodules (n=978; 79.4%) of smooth surface (n=428; 77.5%) and normal color (n=768, 46.7%). Excisional biopsy was the treatment in most cases (n=1,392; 78.0%). Recurrent OMs represented 6.2% of all diagnosed cases (n=117). OMs recurred more commonly in younger patients (aged
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- 2022