Persistent Buccal Swelling: Diagnostic Dilemma

Taking a systematic and comprehensive patient history is undoubtedly an essential tool for a proper diagnosis. We report a unique case of a patient presenting with persistent buccal swelling, a rare presentation of two unrelated pathologies occurring concurrently. In this case, the presence of a lip...

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Autores principales: Thanthoni, Malarkodi, S, Sathasivasubramanian, Warrier S, Aravind
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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Pathology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6428361/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30906682
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3722
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description Taking a systematic and comprehensive patient history is undoubtedly an essential tool for a proper diagnosis. We report a unique case of a patient presenting with persistent buccal swelling, a rare presentation of two unrelated pathologies occurring concurrently. In this case, the presence of a lipoma was concealed by a dental abscess and an incomplete patient history.
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spelling pubmed-64283612019-03-22 Persistent Buccal Swelling: Diagnostic Dilemma Thanthoni, Malarkodi S, Sathasivasubramanian Warrier S, Aravind Cureus Pathology Taking a systematic and comprehensive patient history is undoubtedly an essential tool for a proper diagnosis. We report a unique case of a patient presenting with persistent buccal swelling, a rare presentation of two unrelated pathologies occurring concurrently. In this case, the presence of a lipoma was concealed by a dental abscess and an incomplete patient history. Cureus 2018-12-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6428361/ /pubmed/30906682 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3722 Text en Copyright © 2018, Thanthoni et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_short Persistent Buccal Swelling: Diagnostic Dilemma
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6428361/
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