Here is another old one while I am out of town….
So, people come in with bizarre stories but this one was really out there. A 40ish year old guy came in last summer with a cut in the roof of his mouth. It was fairly large so I was curious as to what could have caused it. He said that while he works on his car (which is parked out in is backyard), he likes to periodically do some archery. He has a target set up near the car and takes a few shots to break up the monotony of changing the oil or whatever he was doing with the car. The really weird part was that he said he likes to keep an ARROW IN HIS MOUTH while he works on the car (much like someone who keeps a pen in their mouth while sitting at the computer). Of course you can see where this is going….. He trips and falls and of course the sharp point of the arrow pierces the roof of his mouth. Luckily he had only superficial damage to his palate. His discharge instructions included something I have never written before: “Do not place the tip of an arrow in your mouth”.
that’s weird!
from the OMFS world — not an uncommon problem but it’s usually a pen or pencil and it hits the pharynx. A couple of years back a friend wanted some pictures of palatal lesions for a course she was taking. I showed her a pic of HSV (herpes) over the palate (classic lesions stop in the midline and stay to one side or the other). She said “hey I get that except that it’s a red spot that occurs right in the middle of my palate”. I explained that it probably wasn’t HSV but more likely a sore caused by excessive negative pressure in the mouth :-) All the sudden the cause dawned on her and told me that “now that makes sense”. Petechia on the palate.