Oral focal mucinosis of the tongue.
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.
Soda
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Department of Experimental Medicine and Pathology, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy.
Baiocchini
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Bosco
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Nardoni
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Melis
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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