Authors:
E.A.M. van der Voort, S. Fallah Arani, V. Noordhoek Hegt, M.C.G. van Praag
Source:
NTvT march 2009; 116: 149 - 151
Section:
summary:
A 34-year old Creole woman appeared at the dermatology department with white-pink spots on the oral mucosa, which had been there for some time. Histology showed lesions characteristic of focal epithelial hyperplasia. The patient was treated with a CO2 laser. Focal epithelial hyperplasia is a rare benign lesion and is caused by human papillomavirus subtypes 13 or 32; it only appears on the oral mucosa.
