Tobacco consumption is most common cause of buccal mucosa cancer.
- Non healing ulcer or growth in cheek skin associated with pain.
- Red patch with recent change in size
- Neck nodal swelling
- Reduced mouth opening, bleeding with foul smell
- Loosening of tooth
- Biopsy confirms diagnosis
- CT scan helps in staging of disease.
- Surgery is preferred choice.
- Surgery only.
-Surgery + Radiotheraphy +/- chemotheraphy
-These are treated with intra oral excision with out external cuts in face for access followed by reconstruction and neck dissection.
-In below example cheek cancer excised from mouth and defect covered with buccal fat pad .Neck dissection done.
-These requite major resection involving cheek skin and involved jaw bone and neck dissection called COMPOSITE RESECTION.
-The defect can be reconstructed with regional or free flaps.
Lower Cheek Flip
Composite Resection
-Here after composite resection defect is reconstructed with ALT free flap.
-Bone also can be reconstructed in suitable patients .For info refer to jaw bone cancer section under oral cancers.
Buccal Mucosa-ALT
-Post operative case of cancer of buccal mucosa reconstructed with radial fore arm free flap.
-Patient has excellent mouth opening due to flap. This enhances quality of life of patient.
Ca Buccal Mucosa-RFFF
-Oral cancer of subsite buccal mucosa is a common scenario. This requires multimodality treatment and a team approach for both resection and reconstruction to cure the patient from disease and also to restore form and function so patients quality of life is not affected.
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