Lesiones benignas causadas por el papiloma virus en cavidad oral.

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is a sexually transmitted infection of viral origin, it has a high prevalence worldwide, and is considered a highly recurrent infection in the population; can produce oral lesions such as papilloma, wart, among others. OBJECTIVE: To establish the prevalence of benign lesions caused by papillomavirus in the oral cavity. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A descriptive, analytical, retrospective scientific research was carried out incorporating the inclusion and exclusion criteria, resulting in a sample of 30 articles. RESULTS: The gender predominated male in 14 articles (56%), the diagnostic method for the detection of HPV lesions predominated histopathology in 19 articles (36%), the types of benign lesions prevailed buccal papilloma in 20 articles (30%); finally, the location of benign HPV lesions predominated the lateral edge of the tongue with greater frequency in 19 articles (33%). CONCLUSION: HPV oral lesions predominate in the male gender; Histopathology is the most widely used diagnostic method. Among the types of oral lesions present in greater frequency is the oral papilloma; Its most frequent location in the oral cavity is the lateral border of the tongue and the lip.