title: Peptic ulceration in a lingual sinus.
abstract: Heterotopic gastric mucosa is reported in a sinus present since birth in the midline of the anterior two thirds of the tongue. Current theories concerning the presence of heterotopic mucosa in the oral cavity are presented and discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Alder-Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, England.
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Parikh
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Ibrahim
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Cook
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D002828:Choristoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D005753:Gastric Mucosa; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010437:Peptic Ulcer / Q000209:etiology*; D010438:Peptic Ulcer Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*