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Mucocele, Salivary
VetBooks.ir

Pharyngeal, sublingual,
or cervical mass

Aspiration and
cytologic evaluation

Neoplasia Salivary mucocele Cervical abscess

Incisional or Location • Ventral drainage
excisional biopsy • Antibiotics
• Remove foreign body
• Culture (aerobic/
anaerobic)
• Cytologic examination

Pharyngeal Cervical mucocele Sublingual mucocele
mucocele

Ipsilateral Affected side Affected side Acute or Chronic
salivary gland determined not determined traumatic
excision

Ipsilateral Sialography Bilateral Marsupialization Ipsilateral
salivary gland salivary gland or intraoral salivary gland
excision excision drainage excision

Ipsilateral
salivary gland
excision
Resolution Recurrence

Ipsilateral
salivary
gland Clinical Algorithms
excision

Drain saliva 3 to 4 days
(Modified from Ettinger SJ, Feldman EC: Textbook of veterinary internal medicine, ed 7, St. Louis, 2010, Saunders.)

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