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Stomatognathic Diseases > Mouth Diseases > Focal Epithelial Hyperplasia

Preferred term

Focal Epithelial Hyperplasia  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Hyperplasia of the mucous membrane of the lips, tongue, and less commonly, the buccal mucosa, floor of the mouth, and palate, presenting soft, painless, round to oval sessile papules about 1 to 4 mm in diameter. The condition usually occurs in children and young adults and has familial predilection, lasting for several months, sometimes years, before running its course. A viral etiology is suspected, the isolated organism being usually the human papillomavirus. (Jablonski, Illustrated Dictionary of Dentistry; Belshe, Textbook of Human Virology, 2d ed, p954)

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Focal Epithelial Hyperplasia, Oral
  • Heck Disease
  • Heck's Disease
  • Hyperplasia, Focal Epithelial

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-RBDTM01T-1

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