TY - JOUR
T1 - Leukoplakia
T2 - still a gallimaufry or is progress being made?--A review.
AU - Suarez, P.
AU - Batsakis, J. G.
AU - el-Naggar, A. K.
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PY - 1998/5
Y1 - 1998/5
N2 - Leukoplakia as a medical term has been encumbered by a hodgepodge of synonyms and interpretations. It also has been a term associated with strong emotions with respect to an implied malignant potential. It now is regarded as potentially malignant, with varying degrees of risk for transformation. Leukoplakia at its major anatomic site of occurrence, the oral cavity, recently has been redefined, classified, and staged as a preamble to a more rational approach to the clinicopathologic study of leukoplakia. These changes are presented, as are current assessments of proliferative verrucous leukoplakia, verrucous hyperplasia, palatal white lesions, effects of smokeless tobacco on the oral mucosa, hairy leukoplakia, and lichen planus.
AB - Leukoplakia as a medical term has been encumbered by a hodgepodge of synonyms and interpretations. It also has been a term associated with strong emotions with respect to an implied malignant potential. It now is regarded as potentially malignant, with varying degrees of risk for transformation. Leukoplakia at its major anatomic site of occurrence, the oral cavity, recently has been redefined, classified, and staged as a preamble to a more rational approach to the clinicopathologic study of leukoplakia. These changes are presented, as are current assessments of proliferative verrucous leukoplakia, verrucous hyperplasia, palatal white lesions, effects of smokeless tobacco on the oral mucosa, hairy leukoplakia, and lichen planus.
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U2 - 10.1097/00125480-199805000-00001
DO - 10.1097/00125480-199805000-00001
M3 - Review article
C2 - 9868520
AN - SCOPUS:0032057819
SN - 1072-4109
VL - 5
SP - 137
EP - 155
JO - Advances in anatomic pathology
JF - Advances in anatomic pathology
IS - 3
ER -