title: Gingival salivary gland choristoma. A case report.
abstract: Gingival salivary gland choristoma is an extremely rare disturbance of glandular development. A review of the literature disclosed only 5 reported cases of this entity and 7 gingival salivary gland tumors or alterations. We present a case of this condition present in a 43-year-old female patient, which was found while reviewing casts for the design of a prosthetic appliance. This case suggests that embryonal pluripotentiality of gingival epithelial cells is retained and that development of salivary glands in gingival tissue is feasible. An additional discussion about its histogenesis is presented.
authors.affiliation: Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Diagnosis Service, Facultad de Odontología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, DF, Mexico. cledezma@servidor.unam.mx
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ledesma-Montes
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fernández-López
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Garcés-Ortíz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Portilla-Robertson
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Hernández-Guerrero
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002828:Choristoma / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000473:pathology; D005881:Gingiva / Q000473:pathology; D005882:Gingival Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D005887:Gingival Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D012470:Salivary Glands, Minor / Q000473:pathology; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000473:pathology