Gingival melanoacanthoma: Case report and discussion of its clinical relevance

• Autores: José Luis Tapia, Daniel Quezada Rivera, Luis Alberto Gaitán Cepeda, Juan C. Hernandez, Carlos Paez, Alfredo Aguirre
• Localización: Quintessence International, ISSN-e 0033-6572, Vol. 42, Nº. 3, 2011, págs. 253-258
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Oral melanoacanthoma is an uncommon reactive condition that appears as a solitary pigmented lesion and is most often found on the buccal mucosa. For it to appear in the gingiva is extremely rare-only 11 cases are reported in the literature. This article presents a case of gingival melanoacanthoma and reviews the previously published cases. Because gingival melanoacanthoma shares clinical features with other pigmented lesions with diverse genesis, the differential diagnosis of a solitary pigmented lesion on the gingiva is also discussed.