Open AccessMucocele of the glands of Blandin-Nuhn in children: A clinical, histopathologic, and retrospective study
Author(s) -
Saurabh Joshi,
Gowri Pendyala,
Shantanu Choudhari,
Jitendra V Kalburge
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
north american journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2250-1541
pISSN - 1947-2714
DOI - 10.4103/1947-2714.100977
Subject(s) - mucocele , medicine , serous fluid , tongue , histopathological examination , pathology , histopathology
The anterior lingual salivary glands (glands of Blandin-Nuhn) are mixed mucous and serous glands that are embedded within the musculature of anterior tongue ventrum.