One month ago, I awoke to find my right cheek from eye socket to chin swollen to the size of a softball. I had no previous swelling or pain in the area, I went to the ER, where a CT scan and blood work was done, and was sent to an on call surgeon whom happened to be a plastic surgeon. Upon arrival, he decided to lance the "cyst" from the inside of my mouth, doing a nerve block to subside pain, and he did remove a lot of keritanized matter from the cyst, but not all. I was sent home, with idoform packing and antibiotics and to return in three days. The swelling subsided by day two, and was relatively painless(rather numb), but draining, in my mouth periodically as expected but still gross, I returned to the the MD and he was not "happy" with the result, he stated he could still feel something structural inside the cheek wall between dermis and muscle of my cheek, he requested I return in a week. At one week post-lance, the area of my cheek was beginning to swell again:(
The doctor scheduled a full surgery to excise the "cyst", externally on my cheek. Surgery was successful, to a point, I have very little anwsers from the doctor, I want to know the epidemiology and all the possible causes of the keritanized, sebaccous cyst that had finger like growths all over the right side of my face, with substantial nerve involvement. During the surgery, the doctor performed a nerve block, I am having complication with facial paralysis, i have about 4mm of scleral show on my right eye below my iris and numbness and tingling from the side of my nose to my cheek bone to my jawline, and cannot control the right corner of my mouth, which affects my speech and ability to manuever or manipulate my facial muscles, as well as chew effectively. I was originally told that the numbness should subside in 4 weeks. The numbness would be welcomed instead of the tingling, crawling and electrical shocks and twinges I am now suffering with at this time. Realistically I want to know if a diagnosis can be determined as to what the mass/growth was and how long the paralysis will last in my face. Thank you for the time and attention.
Heather