Related Experiment Video
Updated: Feb 15, 2026

Cheek Injection Model for Simultaneous Measurement of Pain and Itch-related Behaviors
Published on: September 27, 2019
Unilateral swelling of cheek
Aviral Agrawal1, Virendra Singh2, Pradeep Kumar2
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kalpana Chawala Government Medical College, Karnal, Haryana, India.
Abstract:
A 55 year old male patient reported in the department of oral and maxillofacial surgery with a chief complaint of swelling on right side of face from last 2 months. He reported a progressive increase in the swelling. Pain and discomfort was present from last 7 days with increased swelling, and reduced mouth opening. On examination, the face appeared asymmetrical with a swelling in the right cheek which was small, smooth, dome shaped, present approximately 1.5 cm anterior to tragus. Overlying skin was of normal colour. The patient was afebrile. Mouth opening was 25 mm.
Related Concept Videos
Tonicity in Animals
Tonicity in Plants
Inflammation
Osmoregulation in Fishes
Osmosis and Osmotic Pressure of Solutions

