title: Oral focal mucinosis of the tongue.
abstract: Oral focal mucinosis (OFM) is an uncommon clinicopathological entity which is considered to be the oral counterpart of cutaneous focal mucinosis and cutaneous myxoid cyst. It is comprised of a clinically elevated mass with a histological feature of localised areas of myxomatous connective tissue. The present study adds a rare case of OFM of the tongue to the literature, and we present a review of the most characteristic oral myxomatous lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Medicine and Pathology, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Soda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baiocchini
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bosco
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nardoni
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Melis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017520:Mucinoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D009078:Mucocele / Q000175:diagnosis; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis