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Acta Odontológica Venezolana

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DAVILA BARRIOS, Lorena et al. Mucinosis bucal focal: Reporte de un caso. Acta odontol. venez [online]. 2009, vol.47, n.4, pp.295-302. ISSN 0001-6365.

Mucinosis are dermatosis characterised by mucin deposit on the dermis.  Mucinosis in the oral cavity are not frequent and until this date 38 cases have been reported in literature.  Clinically it is presented as an asymptomatic elevation, of firm consistency, more frequently localized in the gum or alveolar mucous.  A 19 year old patient case was reported.  He had a voluminous mass with an edema aspect, a smooth surface, localized on the vestibular gum between 23 and 24, firm consistency, painless and with three years evolution, with a pyogenic granuloma or gingival hyperplasia alleged diagnose. After the biopsy sample was taken, the hystopatological study revealed fibrillar processes of a mixoid aspect and inflammatory cell accumulations consisting of neutrophiles, lymphocytes, plasmocytes, polymorphonuclear leukocytes.  A focused oral mucinosis and gingivitis was definitively diagnosed.  No recurrence was observed after it was removed

Keywords : Mucinosis; focused oral mucinosis; gingival growth; gingival hyperplasia.

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