Ultrasound imaging of oral fibroma: a case report

J Biol Regul Homeost Agents. 2017 Apr-Jun;31(2 Suppl 1):23-26.

Abstract

Oral mucosa is constantly under the influence of various internal and external stimuli, therefore it is interested by a range of developmental disorders, irritation, inflammation, and neoplastic conditions. Traumatic fibroma is one of these lesions. The aim of this work is to obtain an ultrasound characterization of a lip fibroma with a high frequency probe (8-18 MHz) as feasibility and experimental model of this non-invasive technique in the oral mucosa compared with its histo-pathological section. Ultrasound characterization of a fibroma in a 50-year-old patient in the right retro commissural area of mucosa was performed. The ultrasound images were compared with its histological image. Fibroma is a traumatic lesion clinically recognizable and with a complex and well-defined histopathology structure. Although further investigations are necessary to determine the potential of ultrasonographic images as an aid in the diagnosis of oral lesions, this case report might be a model for ultrasound imaging compared with its histological section.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Fibroma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Fibroma / pathology
  • Humans
  • Lip / diagnostic imaging
  • Lip / pathology
  • Lip Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lip Neoplasms / pathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Mouth Mucosa / diagnostic imaging
  • Mouth Mucosa / pathology
  • Ultrasonography