Preferred Label : focal epithelial hyperplasia;
MeSH definition : Hyperplasia of the mucous membrane of the lips, tongue, and less commonly, the buccal
mucosa, floor of the mouth, and palate, presenting soft, painless, round to oval sessile
papules about 1 to 4 mm in diameter. The condition usually occurs in children and
young adults and has familial predilection, lasting for several months, sometimes
years, before running its course. A viral etiology is suspected, the isolated organism
being usually the human papillomavirus. (Jablonski, Illustrated Dictionary of Dentistry;
Belshe, Textbook of Human Virology, 2d ed, p954);
MeSH synonym : epithelial hyperplasia, focal; heck disease; heck's disease; disease, heck; hyperplasia, focal epithelial; epithelial hyperplasias, focal; focal epithelial hyperplasias; hyperplasias, focal epithelial; disease, heck's; hecks disease; focal epithelial hyperplasia, oral;
MeSH annotation : a mouth dis; DF: note short X ref;
Origin ID : D017573;
UMLS CUI : C0206067;
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Hyperplasia of the mucous membrane of the lips, tongue, and less commonly, the buccal
mucosa, floor of the mouth, and palate, presenting soft, painless, round to oval sessile
papules about 1 to 4 mm in diameter. The condition usually occurs in children and
young adults and has familial predilection, lasting for several months, sometimes
years, before running its course. A viral etiology is suspected, the isolated organism
being usually the human papillomavirus. (Jablonski, Illustrated Dictionary of Dentistry;
Belshe, Textbook of Human Virology, 2d ed, p954)
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