Nilesh Kumar, Kothi Huzaifa S, Patil Rahul, Pramod R C
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dental Sciences, KIMSDU, Karad, Maharashtra, India.
Oral Care Centre, Godhra, Gujarat, India.
J Oral Maxillofac Pathol. 2017 May-Aug;21(2):273-276. doi: 10.4103/jomfp.JOMFP_242_15.
Oral focal mucinosis (OFM) is a rare connective tissue disorder characterized by myxoid degeneration of submucosal connective tissue. It usually presents as gingival or mucosal overgrowth. Due to its uncommon occurrence and lack of pathognomonic clinical or radiological features, diagnosis mainly relies on histopathological evaluation. The paper reports a rare case of large OFM in a 58-year-old female patient involving the posterior maxilla and hard palate. Diagnosis of the lesion was established based on histopathological and immunohistochemical analysis. The lesion was excised surgically and showed no recurrence at 1 year follow-up. The cases presented intend to bring OFM to the attention of oral pathologists and clinicians while considering the differential diagnosis of myxoid lesions of oral cavity.
口腔局灶性黏液瘤(OFM)是一种罕见的结缔组织疾病,其特征为黏膜下结缔组织的黏液样变性。它通常表现为牙龈或黏膜增生。由于其发病率低且缺乏特征性的临床或影像学表现,诊断主要依靠组织病理学评估。本文报道了一例罕见的58岁女性患者的大型口腔局灶性黏液瘤,病变累及上颌后牙区和硬腭。基于组织病理学和免疫组织化学分析确诊了该病变。病变通过手术切除,随访1年未见复发。本文旨在引起口腔病理学家和临床医生对口腔局灶性黏液瘤的关注,同时考虑口腔黏液样病变的鉴别诊断。