Floor Of Mouth Under Tongue Remnant Nodule

50 years experience dentistry.

Floor of mouth under tongue remnant nodule.

Lump in floor of mouth under tongue. Changes in the look and feel of the tissue on the floor of the mouth such as a lump or a sore that doesn t heal are often the first signs of floor of the mouth cancer. Floor of mouth cancer is a type of head and neck cancer that begins when the cells that make up the floor of the mouth the horseshoe shaped area under the tongue grow out of control and form lesions or tumors. The floor of mouth is a horseshoe shaped area under the tongue between the sides of the lower jawbone the mandible.

An oral mucous cyst will develop near one of the openings of the salivary glands under the tongue or on the lips cheeks or floor of the mouth. Any lump in your mouth is not normal and needs to be evaluated. Mucous cysts appear as soft swollen lumps that. Men are diagnosed with floor of mouth cancer three to four times more often than women.

I feel this lump in floor of mouth under tongue. These cancers are often mistaken for canker sores. When i first noticed it it had a bluish tint to it. At one point it had a white line across the top of it.

Its usually not painful but sometimes it hurts. The most significant risk factors for floor of mouth cancer are tobacco and alcohol use. Cancer of the floor of mouth accounts for 28 35 percent of all mouth cancers. Floor of the mouth cancer most often begins in the thin flat cells that line the inside of your mouth squamous cells.

A 53 year old member asked. See a dentist or an ent specialist as soon as possible. Using tobacco products particularly chewing tobacco and regularly drinking too much alcohol can increase your chances of developing.