A Case of Traumatic Herniation of Buccal Fat Pad; Report of a Case

Abstract

Traumatic herniation of the buccal fat pad is rare. Recently, a 3-year-and 5-month-old boy visited our clinic ; he had fallen with a toothbrush in his mouth and struck the buccal mocosa with the brush tip.
His complaints were intraoral bleeding and buccal mass three days after injury.
Intraoral examination revealed a yellowish-red, smooth mass with pedicle attached to the left buccal mucosa.
The clinical diagnosis was traumatic herniation of the buccal fat pad.
The patient was admitted, the mass was surgically excised at the pedicle, and the wound was closed with suture. Pathological examination revealed a mixture of adipose tissue and fibrous connective tissue under inflammatory cellular invasion due to bacterial infection.
Healing was rapid and uneventful. No recurrence was noted when the patient was seen in April 1995.