
Clinical Features of Mucus Escape Reaction (Mucocele, Ranula, Mucus Retention Cyst)
Specialty: | Otolaryngology |
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Description: | The mucus escape reaction describes a leakage of mucus from a salivary gland into the submucosa, resulting in a clinical nodule. In many cases there is severance of a duct with release of the mucus into adjacent soft tissues. |
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