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A localised or more widespread swelling in and around the mouth can be caused by a variety of processes including infection, inflammation, benign neoplasia and malignancy.
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Odell EW. Cawson’s essentials of oral pathology and oral medicine. 9th ed. Amsterdam: Elsevier; 2017. ISBN 9780702049828
van der Wall I. Atlas of oral diseases. Berlin: Springer; 2015.
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Lewis, M.A.O., Lamey, PJ. (2019). Orofacial Swelling. In: Oral Medicine in Primary Dental Care. BDJ Clinician’s Guides. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15432-5_6
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