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Focal epithlieltal hyperplasia: report of six cases from Ghana, West Africa

  • N.O. Nartey1
  • Merley A. Newman2
  • E.A. Nyako3

1Department of Oral Pathology /Oral Medicine, University of Ghana Dental School

2Department of Orthodontics and Child Dental Health, University of Ghana Dental School

3Department of Restorative Dentistry, University of Ghana Dental School

DOI: 10.17796/jcpd.27.1.q3125147j7750067 Vol.27,Issue 1,September 2002 pp.63-66

Published: 01 September 2002

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Abstract

Focal epithelial hyperplasia is a proliferative growth of the oral mucosa with distinct clinical and histopathological features. Although focal epithelial hyperplasia is frequently reported in children of American Indian and Eskimo descent, it is rarely seen in Africans. This report presents six new cases of focal epithelial hyperplasia observed in African children. The age of the patients ranged from 4 to 12 years, and all except one were females. Clinical variants, the papillary and the papular types were noted in the same patient.

There was spontaneous regression of focal epithelial hyperplasia in four patients during the study period. However, the lesions still persist in two patients three years after the initial presentation.


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N.O. Nartey,Merley A. Newman,E.A. Nyako. Focal epithlieltal hyperplasia: report of six cases from Ghana, West Africa. Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry. 2002. 27(1);63-66.

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