Oral focal mucinosis of palatal mucosa: A rare case report

• मुख्य लेखकों: Bharti Vipin (लेखक), Singh Jagmohan (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: Connect to this object online.

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 focal myxoid degeneration of the connective t...