Swelling of the upper, Causes of Lip swelling, Lip swelling: Symptom Checker

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Abstract Swelling of the upper lip can result from various diseases such as salivary tumors, infectious and inflammatory diseases and cysts. Among the latter, dentigerous cysts, typically involving unerupted teeth, are sometimes associated with supernumerary teeth in the maxillary anterior incisors region called the mesiodens. We report an unusual case of a large dentigerous cyst associated with an impacted mesiodens in a 42-year-old male who presented with a slow-growing swelling in the upper lip.

Diagnosis Checklist: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!) During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in their assessment of Lip swelling. Your doctor may ask several questions when assessing your condition. It is important to remember that your consultation is a two-way process and any extra information you can share with your doctor about your symptoms may help them with their diagnosis. Some of the questions your doctor may ask are listed below:

1.How long have you had the lip swelling?
Why: to determine if acute or chronic.

2.Is the swelling localized or generalized?
Why: If generalized may suggest allergic urticaria or angioneurotic edema.

3.Have you got swelling anywhere else on the body?
4.History of trauma/ injury to the lips?
Why: may suggest traumatic swelling, mucocele cyst or pyogenic granuloma.

5.Past history of cold sores (Herpes simples type 1 lesions) on the lips?
Why: may indicate a cold sore as the cause of the lip swelling.

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Lip swelling. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

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1. hicham
   13 Aralık 2010
   

   i think i have the same but up and inside not like this
   what is it and what should i do ?

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