A minimal invasive management of retention mucocele of lower lip by Kshara karma - A case report.

Annals of Ayurvedic Medicine

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Ashwin Jayaram Shetty¹  Sweta KM¹  Ramesh Bhat P¹ 

[1]Sri Sri College Of Ayurvedic Science And Research

关键词: Case report;    Ayurveda;    Minimal invasive;    Oral mucocele;    Kshara.;   

DOI  :  10.5455/AAM.70198

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Association of Ayurvedic Physicians of India

【 摘 要 】

Oral mucocele of the lips is a common ailment in patients who are habituated to lip biting or by trauma to lip mucosa. Lower lip issaid to be the more prone site in oral cavity. The treatment of choice is excision or marsupialization under local anaesthesia. Butthese interventions come with complications like injury to adjacent salivary ducts, which further develops new lesions. Thus, thiscase study was undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of Kshara karma in oral mucocele as a minimal invasive procedure. A 42years old health seeker with no significant medical history, reported with the chief complaints of a painless swelling, over the inneraspect of lower lip for 8 months. The lesion was diagnosed as a retention mucocele of the lower lip based on the history and clinicalfindings. It was treated with Kshara karma under topical anaesthesia. Patient was observed post operatively for 7 days. The lesionhad regressed in size gradually without any post-operative discomfort or complication. A follow up after 6 months shows norecurrence, no visible scar/ fibrosis at the site of lesion. As the chances of recurrence in oral mucocele is high, the management withconventional surgical techniques is challenging. Kshara karma being a minimal invasive procedure is seen to have better outcome.Further prospective studies are needed to evaluate the reproducibility, pros and cons of this procedure.

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