Congenital Mucocele of the Tongue in a Neonate

Abstract

Mucoceles are benign lesions of the oral cavity that develop as a result of retention or extravasation of mucous material from minor salivary glands. Congenital mucoceles are very rare. Mucocele involving the ventral surface of the tongue in neonates is further rare with sporadic cases reported in the world literature accounting to 2-8 of oral mucoceles. This report describes a 5-day male neonate with large congenital mucocele involving the ventral surface of the tongue with associated difficulty in breast feeding. An en block excision of the cystic swelling with removal of entire cyst wall was done.