Oral leukoplakia: risk of malignant transformation and the importance of surgical excision.

Autor: Meddeb, Mariem, Chokri, Abdellatif, Hammedi, Faten, Masmoudi, Karim, Hentati, Hajer, Selmi, Jamil
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Zdroj: International Dental Journal of Students' Research; Oct2016, Vol. 4 Issue 3, p123-127, 5p
Abstrakt: Leukoplakia is the most frequent potentially malignant lesion of the oral mucosa. Its diagnostic and therapeutic present a challenge for dentist. Two clinical cases of oral leukoplakia were reported. The first was a patient using chewed tobacco consulted for a verrucous oral lesion that was surgically completely removed. Histopathological examination of the specimen revealed verrucous carcinoma. The second was a smoker man presenting an oral leukoplakia with fungal infection. After antimycotic treatment and periodic follow up, the clinical signs of candidiasis regressed but the mucosal white patch persisted. A large part of the lesion was removed. Histopathological examination indicated a well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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