title: Skin graft vestibuloplasty exostosis. A report of two cases.
abstract: Two cases of exostosis developing after mandibular vestibuloplasty and floor-to-mouth lowering with split thickness skin graft are presented, one with multiple recurrences. The lesion is clinically and microscopically described. Hypotheses with respect to the development of this phenomenon are proposed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of North Carolina School of Dentistry.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Hegtvedt
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Terry
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Burkes
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Patty
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005096:Exostoses / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009060:Mouth Floor / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D014727:Vestibuloplasty / Q000009:adverse effects*