Mucocele Accompanied by a Traumatic Neuroma: A Case Report

Jaafari Ashkavandi, Z.; Dehghani Nazhvani, A.; Hamzavi, M.

Mucocele Accompanied by a Traumatic Neuroma: A Case Report

Document Type : Case Report

Authors

Z. Jaafari Ashkavandi ¹

A. Dehghani Nazhvani ²

M. Hamzavi ³

¹ Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, School of Dentistry, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

² Biomaterial Research Center, Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, School of Dentistry, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

³ Specialist in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, School of Dentistry, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

Abstract

Mucocele and traumatic neuroma are two lesions related to the traumatic events; however there is only one reported case in which these two entities were perceived simultaneously. The current study reported a 21-year-old man who complained of painless recurrent swelling, accompanied by paresthesia on his left lower labial mucosa. He had a previous history of similar lesion and had been treated with surgery and cauterization last year. The primary clinical impression was a recurrent mucocele. Microscopic surveys displayed a traumatic neuroma in the vicinity of a mucocele which seems to be arising from the previous surgical treatment.