Heterotopic gastric mucosa is the displacement or sequestration of gastric mucosa cells to other parts of the alimentary tract. 1 "Heterotopia" (Greek origin) refers to the finding of normal tissue in a foreign site entirely separate from the main organ. Following an extensive literature search, we found that heterotopic gastric mucosa in the oral cavity is an extremely rare condition with only 68 reported cases in the English literature with the first case being reported in 1927 by Schultz in the floor of the mouth and Toyama in
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