Rare papular presentation of an elastofibromatous lesion of the alveolar mucosa

A 72-year-old Japanese female patient presented with an asymptomatic, white-colored, smooth-surfaced, firm papule 3 mm in diameter involving the mucosa on the posterior part of the right maxilla. An excisional biopsy specimen was diagnosed as an oral focal submucous elastofibromatous lesion. A revie...

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Published in:Journal of Oral Science 2022, Vol.64(3), pp.251-252
Main Authors: Ogawa, Atsushi, Takeda, Yasunori, Ikeda, Yunosuke, Yamada, Hiroyuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
elastofibromatous lesion
oral mucosa
papular presentation
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Summary:A 72-year-old Japanese female patient presented with an asymptomatic, white-colored, smooth-surfaced, firm papule 3 mm in diameter involving the mucosa on the posterior part of the right maxilla. An excisional biopsy specimen was diagnosed as an oral focal submucous elastofibromatous lesion. A review of the literature revealed very few documented cases of oral mucosal lesions characterized by accumulation of degenerated elastic fibers. Various oral lesions have histopathological features similar to those observed in cutaneous diseases, and the present case was a focal submucous elastofibromatous lesion in the alveolar mucosa.
ISSN:1343-4934
1880-4926
DOI:10.2334/josnusd.21-0461