Cryosurgical treatment of mucocele in children.

Cryosurgery of superficial mucoceles located in the lower lip of eight children is reported. The treatment did not require administration of local anesthetics and was easily performed and well-tolerated even by small children. Healing proceeded uneventfully in all patients. No recurrence during a 1-year follow-up period was observed. Cryosurgery proved to be an effective and essential tool in the management of mucocele in children.