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Descriptor English: Mucocele
Descriptor Spanish: Mucocele
Descriptor mucocele
Scope note: Quiste de retención de las glándulas salivales, del saco lagrimal, los senos paranasales, el apéndice o la vesícula biliar. (Stedman, 26th ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Mucocele
Descriptor French: Mucocèle
Entry term(s): Mucoceles
Tree number(s): C04.182.511
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009078
Scope note: A retention cyst of the salivary gland, lacrimal sac, paranasal sinuses, appendix, or gallbladder. (Stedman, 26th ed)
Annotation: a type of cyst; non-neoplastic
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
BS blood supply
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SC secondary
SU surgery
TH therapy
UL ultrastructure
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 65
History Note: 65
Related: Ranula MeSH
DeCS ID: 9271
Unique ID: D009078
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1997/06/20
Mucocele - Preferred
Concept UI M0014160
Scope note A retention cyst of the salivary gland, lacrimal sac, paranasal sinuses, appendix, or gallbladder. (Stedman, 26th ed)
Preferred term Mucocele
Entry term(s) Mucoceles



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