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Oral focal mucinosis of palatal mucosa: A rare case report

Contemporary Clinical Dentistry, 2012
Oral focal mucinosis (OFM), an oral counterpart of cutaneous focal mucinosis, is a rare disease of unknown etiology. Its pathogenesis may be due to the overproduction of hyaluronic acid by a fibroblast, at the expense of collagen production, resulting in
Bharti Vipin, Singh Jagmohan
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Oral focal mucinosis of the Tongue

Pathology and Oncology Research, 1998
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.
Giuseppe Soda, Andrea Baiocchini, G Soda   +2 more
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Clinicopathological study of oral focal mucinosis: a retrospective case series. [PDF]

Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal, 2018
Oral focal mucinosis (OFM) is a rare soft tissue lesion of unknown etiology that exhibits tumor-like growth. It is considered the oral counterpart of cutaneous focal mucinosis or cutaneous myxoid cyst. This is a retrospective study of oral OFM diagnosed over a period of 42 years at an oral pathology service.Clinical, histopathological and ...
Gonzaga AK, de Oliveira DH, Lopes ML, Filho TJ, Queiroz LM, da Silveira ÉJ.   +5 more
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A Rare Case Report: Oral Focal Mucinosis

Selcuk Dental Journal, 2023
Oral focal mucinosis (OFM); It is a rare soft tissue lesion of unknown etiology. It was first described by Tomich in 1974. It usually occurs as a localized, asymptomatic pedunculated or sessile growth on the gingiva or hard palate.
Mehmet Reşat Özercan, Kübra Ceran Deveci   +1 more
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Oral focal mucinosis of posterior maxilla.

J Oral Maxillofac Pathol, 2017
Oral focal mucinosis (OFM) is a rare connective tissue disorder characterized by myxoid degeneration of submucosal connective tissue. It usually presents as gingival or mucosal overgrowth. Due to its uncommon occurrence and lack of pathognomonic clinical or radiological features, diagnosis mainly relies on histopathological evaluation.
Nilesh K, Kothi HS, Patil R, Pramod RC.
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A Case of Oral Focal Mucinosis on Hard Palate: A Lesion Derived from the Periodontal Ligament [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2023
Oral Focal Mucinosis (OFM) manifests on the gingiva as a painless mass, asymptomatic except for the presence of a fibrous mass, and is of the same colour as the surrounding mucosa. It is commonly reported on the gingiva.
Iram Rafique Pawane, Arvina Rajasekar, Nadathur Doraisamy Jayakumar   +2 more
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Large oral focal mucinosis: a case report [PDF]

Jornal Brasileiro de Patologia e Medicina Laboratorial, 2014
O objetivo deste artigo é relatar o caso de uma paciente de 23 anos de idade que procurou o serviço odontológico para exame de um grande nódulo de crescimento lento, assintomático, na gengiva mandibular, o que causou deslocamento do primeiro molar direito. Foram realizadas biópsia excisional, análise histopatológica, coloração Alcian blue/periodic acid-
Silva, Karla Rovaris da, Monteiro, Bárbara Vanessa de Brito, Norões, Thayse Silva Aragão, Godoy, Gustavo Pina, Miguel, Márcia Cristina da Costa   +4 more
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Oral focal mucinosis arising on the tongue

Nihon Koku Geka Gakkai Zasshi, 2016
Masataka Higuchi, Tomotake Masuda, Mikihiko Kogo   +2 more
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Oral focal mucinosis of the palate: a rare disease entity. [PDF]

BMJ Case Rep, 2020
Oral focal mucinosis (OFM) is an extremely rare, benign oral soft tissue condition; less than 10 documented cases have been reported in the literature in patients under 18 years old. OFM has an unknown aetiology and predominantly presents in the fourth and fifth decades. The pathogenesis of OFM may be due to fibroblast overproduction of hyaluronic acid.
Cameron A, Webster JEN, Wicks CE, Colbert SD.   +3 more
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Myxomatous Mysteries: Decoding the Oral Focal Mucinosis. [PDF]

Cureus
Oral focal mucinosis (OFM) is a unique benign lesion of the oral cavity with uncertain etiology which is analogous to cutaneous focal mucinosis. It mainly affects women in their fourth and fifth decades of life. The diagnosis of this condition is based on histopathological examination, as it lacks characteristic clinical and radiographic features.
Das S, Chatterjee A, Chatterjee RP, Sinha S, Sultana M, Mahmud SA, Shah N, Pal M.   +7 more
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