An un-usual age and site of Oral Mucocele, and Literature review

Objectives: objectives were:
1. To present a case of an infant have bilateral mucoceles, and describe their
clinical characteristics, etiology, site of occurrence, and treatment given.
2. Review of literature among young children
Methods: Infant reported the Department of pediatric dentistry, Benghazi Dental
School, Benghazi University 2013. A full report of the case included the clinical
data like D.O.B, full medical, dental, and social histories, probable etiology, and
parent and infant compliant, location of mucoceles, and treatment given, was
compared to the literatures.
Results: A rare case of bilateral mucoceles in a 40 -day-old, Libyan male was
reported. Mucoceles were placed at the margins of the lower ridges lingually at
the future sites of primary molars area . As a 44% of mucoceles in children
spontaneously resolved after an average period of three to five months, both
mucoceles were resolved spontaneously over a period of 3- 5 months. We
concluded from the Literature of the lesion that it occurs most commonly in the
lower lip with chronic trauma being the most common etiology. As various
treatment modalities were available for the management of this lesion, like surgical
excision, marsupialization, Laser ablation, cryosurgery, and electrocautery with
variable success
, our approach was successful in this very young case
Conclusions: Mucocele is a common oral mucosal lesion, but it is rarely observed
in the infant. Mucoceles and ranulas may spontaneously resolve, especially in
infants and young children. In a recent retrospective study, approximately 44% of
mucoceles in children spontaneously resolved after an average of 3 months.

If symptoms are minimal in this young age group, aspiration of the lesions and
periodic follow-up for 6 months have been suggested as an alternative to surgery