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Mucocele
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AKA mucous cyst of the oral mucosa
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results either from a ruptured mucous salivary gland duct or from retention of mucous due to obstruction of a duct
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not a “true cyst”: granulation tissue and sialomucin form a papule
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often the result of minor trauma
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also occur in patients with
cheilits glandularis
: a condition in which the labial mucous glands and ducts are hyperplastic