Journal of Oral Sign
  • Year: 2012
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue: 2

Ectopic sebaceous elements in mandibular gingiva – The first case report

  • Author:
  • Rohit Jain1, Karthikeyan Ramalingam2, Neerja Sethi2, Megha Mehra1
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 104 to 106

1Department of Periodontics, Surendera Dental College and Research Institute, Sriganganagar, Rajasthan, India

2Oral pathology and microbiology, Surendera Dental College and Research Institute, Sriganganagar, Rajasthan, India

Online published on 17 December, 2012.

Abstract

The sebaceous glands are normally confined to the skin, but occurrence of ectopic gingival sebaceous gland is a very unusual and a rare condition. In this article, we report the first case report in English literature to the best of our knowledge, with sebaceous elements in mandibular gingiva.

Keywords

sebaceous, mandibular gingiva, periodontitis, ectopic