Author/Authors :
Yamamoto, Kazuhiko Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery - Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan , Nakayama, Yohei Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery - Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan , Matsusue, Yumiko Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery - Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan , Kurihara, Miyako Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery - Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan , Yagyuu, Takahiro Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery - Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan , Kirita, Tadaaki Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery - Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan
Abstract :
A foreign body granuloma of the buccal mucosa induced by honeybee sting was reported. The patient was an 82-year-old female
who presented with a submucous mass at the right buccal mucosa. The mass was 20 mm in diameter, elastically firm, partly mobile
without pain or tenderness, and covered with almost normal mucosa. MR image did not delineate the lesion clearly. Under clinical
diagnosis of a benign tumor, the lesion was excised under local anesthesia. The excised lesion was 14 × 11 × 9 mm in size and solid
and yellowish in cut surface. Histologically, the lesion consisted of granulomatous tissue with a few narrow, curved, eosinophilic
structures compatible with decomposed fragments of a honeybee sting and was diagnosed as a foreign body granuloma, although
the patient did not recall being stung
