Bucinator node

Looks like

A small node on the cheek muscle (buccinator), inside the cheek near the corner of the mouth.

What it does

Filters lymph from the cheek and lips.

Keeping it well

Occasionally felt as a pea-sized lump in the cheek after an infection; one that grows or stays hard should be checked.

Related conditions

• African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)
• Cat-scratch disease
• Head and neck cancer
• Mpox (monkeypox)
• Rubella (German measles)
• Thyroid cancer
• Tonsillitis & quinsy