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Oral focal mucinosis (OFM) is an uncommon clinicopathological entity which is considered to be the oral counterpart of cutaneous focal mucinosis and cutaneous myxoid cyst. It is comprised of a clinically elevated mass with a histological feature of localised areas of myxomatous connective tissue. The present study adds a rare case of OFM of the tongue to the literature, and we present a review of the most characteristic oral myxomatous lesions.
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Soda, G., Baiocchini, A., Bosco, D. et al. Oral focal mucinosis of the Tongue. Pathol. Oncol. Res. 4, 304–307 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02905222
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