Abstract

HARRIS RICARDO, Jonathan  and  FORTICH MESA, Natalia. Severe case of oral manifestations of oral focal epithelial hyperplasia. Salud, Barranquilla [online]. 2012, vol.28, n.3, pp.445-450. ISSN 0120-5552.

Focal epithelial hyperplasia also known as Heck's disease is a benign disease characterized by the presence of multiple papules on the mucosa of the oral cavity is produced by 13 and 32 subtype of human papilloma virus, also related to genetics factors, immunosup-pression and poor oral hygiene with little scientific support and primarily affects children and adolescents. A case report of a 7-year-old female patient is presented who was referred to the service of Dentistry and Oral Surgery at Rafael Núñez University for presented several papules in the oral mucosa, variable in size, asymptomatic with 8 months of development, related clinical and histological with focal epithelial hyperplasia.

Keywords : Focal epithelial hyperplasia; papillomavirus infections; buccal mucosa.

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