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)
Also Known As:
Focal Epithelial Hyperplasia, Oral; Heck Disease; Disease, Heck; Disease, Heck's; Epithelial Hyperplasia, Focal; Epithelial Hyperplasias, Focal; Focal Epithelial Hyperplasias; Hecks Disease; Hyperplasias, Focal Epithelial; Heck's Disease; Hyperplasia, Focal Epithelial