Focal facial inflammation of the attached gingiva.
An unusual gingivitis noted as a discrete lesion involving the facial attached gingiva in a focal and confined area has been described in two adolescent females. A unique histopathologic appearance includes a striking intraepithelial edema associated with a focal area of acute and chronic inflammation. Inconclusive immunologic study of one patient indicated an epithelial-connective tissue immune complex deposition suggestive of but not typical of that seen in pemphigoid.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005881:Gingiva / Q000473:pathology; D005890:Gingivectomy; D005891:Gingivitis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans