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Patient as seen at initial consultation.
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She was noted to have a 1.5 cm pedunculated soft tissue mass with adjacent secondary 8 mm mass on the oral mucosa along the mandibular alveolar ridge (Figure 1).
Patient in OR after intubation.
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In the operating room, she received general anesthesia with oral endotracheal intubation (Figure 2).
Wound following closure.
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Complete closure of the defect was not possible, but was reapproximated to near closure with 5-0 chromic sutures in simple interrupted fashion in a crosshatched pattern (Figure 3).
Patient at follow-up.
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Follow-up after three weeks revealed well-healed mucosa at the surgical site with minimal notching on the alveolar ridge and no evidence of recurrence (Figure 4).