Abstract
Bee stings of the skin are common injuries. However, bee stings in oral cavity are extremely rare. This article describes a foreign body granuloma of the buccal mucosa induced by a retained bee sting. A 62-year-old woman was referred to our hospital because of swelling of the buccal mucosa. A bee had stung her buccal mucosa while she was eating a whole honeycomb 2 weeks previously. After that, swelling of buccal mucosa developed progressively. She was therefore referred by her family dentist.
At initial presentation, a solid mass about 8 mm in diameter was found in the right buccal mucosa. It was tentatively diagnosed as a benign tumor of the buccal mucosa clinically. The mass was resected with the patient under local anesthesia. There was granulation tissue around the bee sting, with inflammatory cell infiltration in the pathological specimen. The histopathological diagnosis was a foreign body granuloma. The postoperative course was uneventful, and the patient has remained asymptomatic during the follow-up period.
