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Ashutosh Pandey1, Sidhant Kumar2, Asmita Kumar3
1Department of Dentistry, Anugrah Narayan Magadh Medical College and Hospital, Gaya, Bihar, India.
Abstract:
Fordyce's granules (FG) are ectopic sebaceous glands that are usually localized in the oral mucosa. Hence, we compared 150 patients with FGs and 100 patients without, the results being based on the lipid profile after fasting. Findings showed that the most common sites were the buccal mucosa and higher FGs were found in individuals who were male in the age of 20-40. When the FG presentation was dense (>100 granules), the results depicted in the total cholesterol and LDL were highly altered. FGs can be considered as one of the possible early clinical predictors of hyperlipidemia and cardiovascular risk.
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