RESUMO
La hiperplasia epitelial focal es una afección benigna asintomática y de muy baja frecuencia en nuestro medio. Aparece como pápulas en labio inferior principalmente, aunque se pueden localizar en mucosa retrocomisural y lengua y con menos frecuencia en labio superior, encía y paladar. Presentamos un caso clínico de una niña de 9 años, saharaui con lesiones que clínica e histológicamente se corresponden con una hiperplasia epitelial focal
Focal epithelial hyperplasia is a benign, asymptomatic disease, occurring with very low frequency within our population. It appears as papules, principally on the lower lip, although it canalso be found on the retro-commissural mucosa and tongue, and less frequently on the upper lip, gingiva and palate. We present the clinical case of a 9-year-old Saharan girl with lesions that clinically and histologically corresponded to a focal epithelial hyperplasia
Assuntos
Feminino , Criança , Humanos , Hiperplasia Epitelial Focal/epidemiologia , Hiperplasia Epitelial Focal/história , Hiperplasia Epitelial Focal/patologia , Doenças da Boca/patologia , Doenças Raras , Verrugas , Infecções por Papillomavirus/patologia , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Biópsia , Anestesia Local , Etnicidade , Incidência , Neoplasias GengivaisRESUMO
Focal epithelial hyperplasia is a benign, asymptomatic disease, occurring with very low frequency within our population. It appears as papules, principally on the lower lip, although it can also be found on the retro-commissural mucosa and tongue, and less frequently on the upper lip, gingiva and palate. We present the clinical case of a 9-year-old Saharan girl with lesions that clinically and histologically corresponded to a focal epithelial hyperplasia.
