《英文msh詞典》Hecks Disease
[入口詞] Hecks Disease
[主題詞] Focal Epithelial Hyperplasia
[英文釋義] 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)