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Abstract:We report a case of a 6-year-old boy with marked swelling of the upper lip but no facial palsy or fissured tongue. Crohn' s disease and sarcoidosis were ruled out by blood analysis and physical examination. After extraction of four deciduous teeth containing periapical lesions, the lip swelling improved temporarily. A biopsy of the upper lip was performed when swelling recurred. The histopathological diagnosis was cheilitis granulomatosa. The swelling of the upper lip completely disappeared after an intraregional injection of dexamethasone and medication of tranilast.
Abstract:We report two cases of orofacial granulomatosis in the oral region. Case 1 : The patient was a 59-year-old woman who complained of swelling and redness of the gingiva. Biopsy specimens showed a non-caseating granulomatous inflammation. Blood analysis and chest radiograph showed no evidence of Crohn's disease or sarcoidosis. After treatment with oral prednisolone therapy, gingival symptoms clearly improved. Case 2 : The patient was a 41-year-old man who had been followed by his physician for suspicion of sarcoidosis. He presented with a nodular lesion in the buccal mucosa. Pathology of the resected specimen showed a non-caseating epithelioid granuloma. Systemic and biochemical examination ruled out Crohn's disease and sarcoidosis. The final diagnosis of these two patients was orofacial granulomatosis.
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