A rare presentation of mucocele and irritation fibroma of the lower lip

Abstract

The effects of chronic local irritation have been seen commonly in the form of fibroma or mucocele in children. We report a nine year old girl with the chief complaint of multiple swellings in the lower lip which was diagnosed both clinically and histologically as fibroma and mucocele. Surgical excision was done under local anesthesia with no post-operative complications. To our knowledge there was no other occurrence, either at the same site or at different locations, involving these two lesions in the oral mucosa.

Successful management of recurrent mucocele by diode laser and thermoplasticised splint as an adjunctive therapy

“…Mucoceles are the most common lesions of the minor salivary glands that occur mostly in the lower lip,1 probably due to the higher incidence of mechanical trauma in this region 2…”

Mucocele in Lower Lip as a Result of Improper Use of Feeding Bottle: A Case Report

“…The literature review had cited the reason for some of the oral lesions like irritation fibroma and mucocele arising as a result of oral habits such as lip biting/sucking [8]. During the tooth eruption period, the oral tissues become very sensitive and children try to relieve the eruptive symptoms by biting the pacifier/feeding bottle with exaggerated force and sometimes in the wrong place, leading to the development of a wide spectrum of pathologies.…”

The Analysis of Selected Malocclusion Risk Factors: A Pilot Study

“…These bad habits (most often they are non-nutritive sucking habits), when repeated excessively, become harmful, contributing to orofacial muscular imbalance associated with alterations in bone growth, dental malposition, and dentofacial abnormalities [9,10].…”