Painless expanding facial swelling

Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed. 2022 Apr;107(2):121-123. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2020-320371. Epub 2020 Oct 28.

Abstract

A previously healthy 11-year-old girl sustained a mosquito bite on her right cheek while on holiday in rural Bangladesh. A painless lump developed at the site, and over the ensuing 2 months gradually expanded. She was otherwise completely asymptomatic; there was no family history of note. On examination, there was obvious swelling affecting the right cheek and visible abnormality of the upper gum with displacement of the right upper central incisor (figure 1).

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angioedema*
  • Child
  • Edema / diagnosis
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging