1. Salivary mucoceles.
- Author
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Harrison JD
- Subjects
- Acid Phosphatase metabolism, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aminopeptidases metabolism, Child, Child, Preschool, Epithelium, Esterases metabolism, Female, Fibroblasts, Glucuronidase metabolism, Histocytochemistry, Humans, Infant, Leukocytes, Macrophages, Male, Middle Aged, Mucocele classification, Mucocele enzymology, Mucocele pathology, Salivary Gland Diseases classification, Salivary Gland Diseases enzymology, Salivary Gland Diseases pathology
- Abstract
A survey of natural mucoceles revealed that there were two types, namely, extravasation and retention, and that extravasation mucocceles occurred most often in younger patients and in the lower lip, whereas retention mucoceles occurred most often in older patients and elsewhere in the mouth.
- Published
- 1975
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