title: Focal epithelial hyperplasia: Case report.
abstract: The purpose of the present article is to present a 15 year-old patient with focal epithelial hyperplasia and to review the references on the subject-related etiological, pathological, diagnostic and treatment aspects. Focal epithelial hyperplasia is a rare human papilloma virus (HPV) related to oral lesion with very low frequency within our population. Surgical treatment with a biopsy was performed, acanthosis and parakeratosis are consistent histopathological features, since the patient had no history of sexual contact and HIV infection, the virus was probably acquired from environmental sources.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Odontology, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius, Lithuania. alina.puriene@mf.vu.lt
authors.forename: Alina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Puriene
authors.forename: Arunas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rimkevicius
authors.forename: Mindaugas
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gaigalas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D052685:Alphapapillomavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D017573:Focal Epithelial Hyperplasia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis