Introduction:

The formation of salivary retention cysts called mucocele and granula are among the most frequent conditions of the salivary glands in pediatric ages.

Objective:

Assess the clinical and histopathological features of salivary retention cysts.

Methods:

A retroprospective, descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out from October 2017 to September 2019 in 43 patients with histopathological confirmation of salivary retention cysts attended by the maxillofacial outpatient clinic of “William Soler Ledea” University Pediatric Hospital. The variables to be measured were: age, sex, etiology, clinical features, location and histopathological appearance.

Results:

Mucocele was the diagnosis in 83.0% of the cases and the differences by sex were significant with greater involvement for the female sex, the most frequent etiology was the bite of the lip with 48.8%, and the most frequent location the lower lip with 72.0%. There was a significant relationship between the etiology and histopathological characteristics.

Conclusions:

The most frequent salivary retention cyst is the mucocele with predominance in the female sex, of nodular appearance, size less than five mm; there was a predominance of localization in the lower lip and caused by the bite of the lip; histopathologically, the absence of epithelial lining and presence of acute inflammation are the most frequent.

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