Traumatic fibroma of tongue#-Dr.Mangal kumar

Educational video fibroma
Traumatic or irritational fibroma is a common benign exophytic and reactive oral lesion that develops secondary to injury.

Fibroma is a result of a chronic repair process that includes granulation tissue and scar formation resulting in a fibrous submucosal mass. Recurrences are rare and may be caused by repetitive trauma at the same site. The lesion does not have a risk for malignancy.

The most common sites of traumatic fibroma are the tongue, buccal mucosa and lower labial mucosa clinically, they appear as broad-based lesions, lighter in colour than the surrounding normal tissue, with the surface often appearing white because of hyperkeratosis or with surface ulceration caused by secondary trauma. Differential diagnosis of other lesions including benign tumours (neurofibroma, neurilemmoma, granular cell tumours and lipoma) and mucocele should be ruled out by biopsy.