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Descriptor English: Focal Epithelial Hyperplasia
Descriptor Spanish: Hiperplasia Epitelial Focal
Descriptor hiperplasia epitelial focal
Entry term(s) enfermedad de Heck
Scope note: Hiperplasia de la membrana mucosa de los labios, lengua, y menos frecuentemente, de la mucosa oral, suelo de la boca, y paladar, en forma de pápulas sésiles blandas, no dolorosas, de forma redondeada a oval, de 1 a 4 mm de diámetro. Ocurre habitualmente en niños y adultos jóvenes y tiene predilección familiar; dura de varios meses a años. Se sospecha que tiene una etiología viral, habiéndose aislado habitualmente virus del papiloma humano (Jablonski, Illustrated Dictionary of Dentistry; Belshe, Textbook of Human Virology, 2d ed, p954).
Descriptor Portuguese: Hiperplasia Epitelial Focal
Descriptor French: Hyperplasie épithéliale focale
Entry term(s): Disease, Heck
Disease, Heck's
Epithelial Hyperplasia, Focal
Epithelial Hyperplasias, Focal
Focal Epithelial Hyperplasia, Oral
Focal Epithelial Hyperplasias
Heck Disease
Heck's Disease
Hecks Disease
Hyperplasia, Focal Epithelial
Hyperplasias, Focal Epithelial
Tree number(s): C07.465.342
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017573
Scope note: 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)
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Hyperplasia (1966-1993)
Mouth Diseases (1966-1993)
Public MeSH Note: 94
History Note: 94
DeCS ID: 31462
Unique ID: D017573
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Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/12/28
Revision Date: 2012/07/03
Focal Epithelial Hyperplasia - Preferred
Concept UI M0026635
Scope note 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)
Preferred term Focal Epithelial Hyperplasia
Entry term(s) Disease, Heck
Disease, Heck's
Epithelial Hyperplasia, Focal
Epithelial Hyperplasias, Focal
Focal Epithelial Hyperplasia, Oral
Focal Epithelial Hyperplasias
Heck Disease
Heck's Disease
Hecks Disease
Hyperplasia, Focal Epithelial
Hyperplasias, Focal Epithelial



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