Oral Health

A 31-year-old woman with history of opiate use disorder (OUD) presented to her primary care physician with persistent salivary gland swelling for 1 week and a history of periodic salivary gland swelling for...

A 7-year-old girl presented at her pediatrician’s office and was found to have a non-obstructed nose with pink turbinate, 2 noninflamed palatine tonsils, and an approximately 8 mm posterior midline...

A 44-year-old, non-smoking man presented to his primary care physician for an annual exam and reported having a deeply pigmented tongue lesion that has been visible since childhood.

A 21-year-old woman with no significant medical history presented to the clinic with “something hanging” from her uvula. She had noticed it a few months before the presentation when she felt a tickling...

A 10-year-old boy presented with his parents to a pediatric primary care clinic with multiple long-lasting, recurrent oral ulcers and periumbilical abdominal pain after meals several times a week.

This article is part of a series describing and differentiating dermatologic lumps and bumps. In part 12, Bohn nodules, Epstein pearls, and neonatal sucking pads of the lips are described.

This article is part of a series describing and differentiating dermatologic lumps and bumps. In part 14, parulis and traumatic fibroma of the tongue are described.

This article is part of a series describing and differentiating dermatologic lumps and bumps. In part 13, ranula and mucocele are described.

An 8-year-old boy presented to the emergency department (ED) with a 2-day history of acute worsening of oral cavity pain. His father noted a bright pink swelling over the boy’s hard palate at the midline,...

A 49-year-old healthy man has been referred for evaluation from a dental office. During a routine cleaning visit, the dentist noted an irregular red lesion with a whitish central area near the man’s left...