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Small fibroma removed from tip of my tongue yesterday w/stitches too.today my tongue is swollen in and around the that area.is this common/normal?
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Not common: Lesions of tip of tongue or dorsal surface are essentially benign. In the anterior 2/3 of tongue, malignancies only arise on lateral edge. When lesion excised, I assume under local, the sutures usually control the incision with minimal swelling. I suspect because of vascularity of area that a suture may have caught a blood vessel and swelling is a hematoma. As such warm gargles may help
Answered 3/2/2018
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