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A rare case of calibre persistent labial artery presenting as a mucocoele
Author(s) -
Aga F.,
Mukhtar Z.,
Hardee P.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
oral surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.156
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 1752-248X
pISSN - 1752-2471
DOI - 10.1111/ors.12029
Subject(s) - medicine , lesion , biopsy , anomaly (physics) , dermatology , radiology , pathology , physics , condensed matter physics
We present a case of a patient presenting with a lesion consistent with a mucocoele on the lower labial mucosa, which upon biopsy instead revealed a rare anomaly called a ‘calibre persistent artery’. The aim of this article is to bring this rarely reported lesion to the attention of clinicians, and to emphasise the importance of correct assessment of a lump.