Oral Health and Maxillofacial Research

ABSTRACT

Heck's disease is a rare benign lesion of the oral mucosa that is primarily observed in female children and is caused by HPV 13 and 32. In the oral cavity, it appears as many white and skin-colored papules. Here, we report a case of Heck's illness in an adult male with HPV 84 as the causal agent. This case highlights the importance of keeping Heck’s disease as a differential in the popular white lesions seen in oral cavity and use of DNA PCR in identifying the causative agent.

KEYWORDS

1. Focal epithelial hyperplasia
2. Heck’s disease
3. Human papillomavirus
4. Histopathology
5. Polymerase Chain Reaction
6. HPV 84