Primary Tuberculosis of Buccal and Labial Mucosa: Literature Review and a Rare Case Report of a Public Health Menace

Table 2

Reported cases of primary tuberculosis of buccal and labial mucosa [17, 21, 34–48].

S. no.	Author(s) and year	Age (years)/sex	Oral site affected	Other associated features
1	Sachdeva et al., [17]	12/F	Solitary ulcer ( cm) on the left lower labial mucosa	Nonpalpable lymph nodes
2	Verma et al., [21]	34/M	Ulcers on the left inner commissure ( cm) and left buccal vestibule ( cm)	Chronic smoker and occasional alcohol consumption
3	Ebenezer et al., [35]	40/M	Solitary ulcer on the left buccal mucosa	Enlarged, mobile, nontender left submandibular lymph node; chronic smoker
4	Nanda et al., [36]	35/F	Solitary ulcer ( cm) on the left buccal mucosa	Palpable, mobile, nontender left cervical lymph node
5	Bairagya et al., [37]	46/M	Solitary, discrete  cm on the left buccal mucosa	—
6	Gokak et al., [38]	21/M	Ulcers on the upper labial mucosa and lip encrustations	Enlarged, erythematous, granular maxillary labial gingiva
7	Saoud ZT et., [39]	16/F	Solitary linear ulcer (3 cm) on the lower labial mucosa	Bilateral submandibular lymphadenopathy and left jugulocarotid adenopathy
8	Hathiram et al., [40]	50/M	cm ulceroprolifrative growth on the left buccal mucosa	—
9	Besra K et al., [41]	41/M	cm ulcer on the upper labial mucosa	cm ulcerative lesion on the hard palate
10	Khammissa RAG et al., [42]	33/F	Painful ulcer on the upper left labial mucosa	HIV-seropositive with a CD4+ T cell count of 429 cells/mm^3. Ulcer on the tongue
11	Gupta A et al., [43]	24/M	Reddish-pink granular lesion on the vermillion border, labial mucosa, floor of the mouth, and the mandibular anterior gingiva	Diffuse, nontender swelling of the lower lip with mild lip eversion
12	Pulin Saluja et al., [44]	36/F	cm ulcer on the left buccal mucosa and vestibule with ill-defined margins	Palpable left submandibular lymph node, firm, and nontender
13	Virad Kumar et al., [45]	4/M	Diffuse, firm upper lip swelling with fissuring on the mucosal surface	Palpable, solitary left submandibular lymph node ( cm)
14	Nagabhushan D et al., [46]	10/F	cm ulcer on the right retromolar region in the posterior buccal mucosa	Palpable right submandibular lymph nodes, firm, and mobile
15	Awasthi S et al., [47]	40/M	rough, elevated, irregular indurated lesion,  cm over the right buccal mucosa	H/O chronic tobacco chewing, malaise and weight loss
16	Rout et al., [34]	6/M	Chronic ulcer ( cm) on buccal mucosa	—
17	Wang et al., [48]	36/M	Left buccal mucosa	—
		54/M	Vestibule & left lower lip	—
		27/M	Left lower lip	—