Focal epithelial hyperplasia: Case report.

نویسندگان

  • Alina Puriene
  • Arunas Rimkevicius
  • Mindaugas Gaigalas
چکیده

The purpose of the present article is to present a 15 year-old patient with focal epithelial hyperplasia and to review the references on the subject-related etiological, pathological, diagnostic and treatment aspects. Focal epithelial hyperplasia is a rare human papilloma virus (HPV) related to oral lesion with very low frequency within our population. Surgical treatment with a biopsy was performed, acanthosis and parakeratosis are consistent histopathological features, since the patient had no history of sexual contact and HIV infection, the virus was probably acquired from environmental sources.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Stomatologija

دوره 13 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2011