Facial emphysema caused by cheek bite.
Biting of the buccal mucosa is very frequent injury, whereas facial emphysema caused by cheek bite is rare. We report a case of facial emphysema causing puffing of the cheek through a self-inflicted bite of the buccal mucosa.
Yamada
H
H
First Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Japan. yamada-hi@tsurumi-u.ac.jp
Kawaguchi
K
K
Tamura
K
K
Sonoyama
T
T
Iida
N
N
Seto
K
K
D001734:Bites, Human / Q000150:complications*; D002610:Cheek / Q000293:injuries*; D005145:Face; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008409:Mastication; D008875:Middle Aged; D013352:Subcutaneous Emphysema / Q000209:etiology*