title: Bimaxillary Oral Focal Mucinosis.
abstract: Oral focal mucinosis is considered as oral counterpart of cutaneous focal mucinosis. The preoperative diagnosis of mucinosis is almost impossible because of its rarity and clinical similarity to other lesions of various etiologies. The histological diagnosis of oral mucinosis is important to better understand the etiopathogenesis, treatment modalities, and any recurrence of the lesion besides differentiating from the other soft tissue lesions.The purpose of this paper is to report the first case of bimaxillary involvement with dome-shaped elevated, rounded, asymptomatic, normally colored swelling in left posterior palatal mucosa and left mandibular posterior region in a 25-year old woman who was diagnosed as oral focal mucinosis histopathologically.
authors.affiliation: *Departments of Dentistry †Pathology, BPS Government Medical College for Women, Khanpur Kalan, Sonepat, Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Sunil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yadav
authors.forename: Sunita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.forename: Hitesh Chander
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Mittal
authors.forename: Gurdarshan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Hemlata
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kamra
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008437:Maxilla / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology*; D017520:Mucinoses / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011859:Radiography