Excision biopsy of buccal mucosa lesion

A man reported to our dental clinic with a complaint of a recurrent lesion on the inner surface of the right cheek behind the last tooth. He gave a history of having sought treatments at many clinics elsewhere but to no avail.

The lesion was soft, circular, raised and whitish in appearance. Using electrocautery, the entire soft tissue growth lesion was excised under local anaesthesia and the mucosa was sutured. The lesion was sent for histopathological testing. We shall be updating this page soon with the test result. 

Preoperative intraoral view showing infected soft tissue growth in the buccal mucosa in relation to third molar region

By electrocautery infected soft tissue growth was excised with wide margin

Complete removal of the lesion from its base with sufficient clear margins were given

Completely excised soft tissue growth

Soft tissue defect was closed with buccal advancement flap