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Surgical treatment of mucocele in an 11 month-old baby: a case report

  • Robson Frederico Cunha1,*,
  • Ana Elisa De Mello Vieira2
  • Daniela Maria Carvalho Pugliesi2
  • Monique Guimaraes Correia3
  • Marcelo Macedo Crivelini4

1Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Paulista State University - UNESP, Aracatuba, SP, Brazil

2Pediatric Dentistry, Paulista State University - UNESP, Aracatuba, SP, Brazil

3,Pediatric Dentistry

4Department of Oral Pathology, School of Dentistry, Paulista State University - UNESP, Aracatuba, SP, Brazil

DOI: 10.17796/jcpd.26.2.l88767g63xq5r548 Vol.26,Issue 2,April 2002 pp.203-206

Published: 01 April 2002

*Corresponding Author(s): Robson Frederico Cunha E-mail: cunha@foa.unesp.br

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Abstract

The present report describes the occurrence of mucocele in the lower lip of an 11 month-old baby. The treatment instituted was the excision of the lesion. Microscopic examination confirmed the diagnosis of mucocele. Three months after surgery, no sign of recurrence was observed


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Robson Frederico Cunha,Ana Elisa De Mello Vieira,Daniela Maria Carvalho Pugliesi,Monique Guimaraes Correia,Marcelo Macedo Crivelini. Surgical treatment of mucocele in an 11 month-old baby: a case report. Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry. 2002. 26(2);203-206.

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