Comparative clinicopathological study of intraoral sebaceous hyperplasia and sebaceous adenoma.

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to compare the clinicopathological features of oral sebaceous hyperplasia and sebaceous adenoma. STUDY DESIGN: Clinical data, microscopical characteristics, and ki-67 immunoexpression were comparatively analyzed on 2 intraoral sebaceous adenomas, 6 intraoral sebaceous hyperplasias, and 21 normal intraoral sebaceous glands. RESULTS: Clinically, sebaceous glands presented as multiple separated papules, sebaceous hyperplasias as a single enlarged papule, and sebaceous adenoma as a well-defined nodule. Microscopically, sebaceous adenoma presented an increased number of lobules, smaller lobules, and a greater number of germinative/squamous cells. Sebaceous hyperplasia also had an increased number of lobules and fewer number of germinative/squamous cells, as compared to normal oral sebaceous glands. Ki-67 expression was seen only in germinative cells and counts were higher in sebaceous adenomas followed by hyperplasias and normal glands. CONCLUSIONS: Sebaceous hyperplasias and adenomas showed different clinical, microscopic, and proliferative characteristics, suggesting the usefulness of the studied criteria on diagnosis of these uncommon oral lesions.