ORAL FOCAL MUCINOSIS: CASE REPORT
Vol. 1 No. 2 (2008), .
Vol. 1 No. 2 (2008)

ORAL FOCAL MUCINOSIS: CASE REPORT

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Published 2008-06-20
F. Germano
Contract Professor of Periodontology, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy
R. Abate
“S. Giovanni Calibita” Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Isola Tiberina, Rome, Italy
C. Arcuri
Department of Odontostomatology, AFaR “S. Giovanni Calibita” Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Isola Tiberina, Rome, Italy - Professor of Periodontology, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy
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Keywords

oral focal mucinosis, gingiva, biopsy

Abstract

Oral focal mucinosis (OFM) is an uncommon disease of unknown aetiology. It is considered to be the oral counterpart of cutaneous focal mucinosis and cutaneous myxoid cyst and it is characterized by a focal myxoid degeneration of the connective tissue. A preoperative diagnosis is almost impossible, and the clinical suspicion, usually made by exclusion, must be confirmed by a bioptic examination followed by histological observations. The Authors report a case of focal oral mucinosis diagnosed and treated in a male adult patient. oral focal mucinosis, gingiva, biopsy

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