TY - JOUR
T1 - Leiomyomatous hamartoma of the midline maxillary gingival presenting as a congenital epulis
T2 - A case report with an immunohistochemical study
AU - Zhang, M.
AU - Matsuo, K.
AU - Yamashita, Y.
AU - Takahashi, T.
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PY - 2011/11
Y1 - 2011/11
N2 - An otherwise-healthy 2-year-old Japanese female presented with a polyp-like lesion on the palatal surface at the incisive papilla. The appearance of the lesion was similar to that of a congenital epulis. The histological findings showed proliferating mesenchymal components that contained mainly smooth muscle admixed with collagen fibres, nerve fibres, small vessels and mucous salivary glands. The immunohistochemical staining findings for α-smooth-muscle actin, desmin and S-100 protein were all positive. The histological diagnosis was therefore leiomyomatous hamartoma, based on clinical microscopic observations.
AB - An otherwise-healthy 2-year-old Japanese female presented with a polyp-like lesion on the palatal surface at the incisive papilla. The appearance of the lesion was similar to that of a congenital epulis. The histological findings showed proliferating mesenchymal components that contained mainly smooth muscle admixed with collagen fibres, nerve fibres, small vessels and mucous salivary glands. The immunohistochemical staining findings for α-smooth-muscle actin, desmin and S-100 protein were all positive. The histological diagnosis was therefore leiomyomatous hamartoma, based on clinical microscopic observations.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijom.2011.05.009
DO - 10.1016/j.ijom.2011.05.009
M3 - Article
C2 - 21696920
AN - SCOPUS:82955233112
SN - 0901-5027
VL - 40
SP - 1322
EP - 1326
JO - International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
JF - International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
IS - 11
ER -