Clinical image: A particular lingual hematoma in an 8 year – old male patient
1 Department of Surgical Sciences, Oral Biotechnology Laboratory, Cagliari State University, Cagliari, Italy.
2 Private practice in Oristano, Italy.
Case Report
Open Access Research Journal of Science and Technology, 2023, 07(01), 017-018.
Article DOI: 10.53022/oarjst.2023.7.1.0086
Publication history:
Received on 12 November 2022; revised on 30 December 2022; accepted on 01 January 2023
Abstract:
We present a case of an 8-year-old boy with an atypical hematoma on the lateral side of the tongue. The lesion occurred due to a trauma that happened while he was playing at school. The child did not remember to tell anything to teachers or parents until the hematoma and together with it the pain appeared. Due to the extension of the lesion the parents were really worried about, so they brought to us in urgency the child in order to visit him. After a long conversation with both parents and child, we were able to understand the traumatic nature of the lesion, and to rule out more severe diseases. We proposed LASER biostimulation and LASER photocoagulation to reduce the inflammation state of the lingual tissue and so the pain.
Keywords:
Lingual hematoma; Traumatic lingual lesions; Pediatric oral lesions; Pediatric lingual hematoma; Pediatric traumatic lesions
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