A 20-year-old female patient presented to the department of oral medicine with a chief complaint of swelling on the left side of the face for 1 year. The swelling was seen in the upper left posterior palatal region, which gradually increased to involve the entire palate and the left side of the face. Oral examination On extraoral examination, the face was grossly asymmetrical. The swelling was present on the left side of the face which extended superoinferiorly from the left infraorbital region to 1 cm above the left inferior border of the mandible and mediolaterally from the left lateral nasal process to approximately 3 cm in front of the tragus.
The nasolabial fold and philtrum were obliterated. The swelling had well-defined margins on palpation with firm consistency and was nontender and compressible. The temperature over the swelling was normal. Cervical lymph nodes were not…
