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Nigerian Dental Journal, 2023 Oral leukoplakia is a potentially malignant lesion and most oral squamous cell carcinomas occur on the background of oral leukoplakia. The risk of malignant transformation increases with immunosuppressive states.
Mercy Okoh +2 more
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Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia misdiagnosed as oral leukoplakia
Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology, 2017 Correct diagnosis of white lesions of the oral cavity is sometimes difficult, because some oral white lesions behave differently and tend to change their appearance with time.
Rajesh Kumar Gupta +2 more
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Salivary bacterial shifts in oral leukoplakia resemble the dysbiotic oral cancer bacteriome [PDF]
Journal of Oral Microbiology, 2021 Objective: While some oral carcinomas appear to arise de novo, others develop within long-standing conditions of the oral cavity that have malignant potential, now known as oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMDs). The oral bacteriome associated with
Divya Gopinath +10 more
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Fractal analysis in oral leukoplakia
Journal of Indian Academy of Oral Medicine and Radiology, 2015 Introduction: Fractal analysis (FA) quantifies complex geometric structures by generating a fractal dimension (FD), which can measure the complexity of mucosa.
Prashant Bhai Pandey +5 more
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Research progress of oral hairy leukoplakia [PDF]
Kouqiang yixueOral hairy leukoplakia is an oral mucosal disease caused by Epstein-Barr virusinfection of oral squamous epithelial cells. Oral hairy leukoplakia presents as a non-removable, corrugated and wrinkled white plaque sometimes with hair-like projections ...
MO Longhui, LIANG Jing, WANG Jiongke, LIU Tiannan, ZENG Xin
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Prospective applications of artificial intelligence for the diagnosis of oral leukoplakia: a scoping review [PDF]
Frontiers in Oral HealthIntroductionOral leukoplakia (OL) is the most prevalent oral potentially malignant disorder worldwide. Its diagnosis is clinical and based on excluding all other white patches of the oral cavity, which can be challenging and time-consuming.
Constanza Jiménez +8 more
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International Journal of Medical and Dental Sciences, 2017 Oral leukoplakia is defined as a predominantly white lesion of the oral mucosa that cannot be characterized as any other definable lesion; however, the lesion must be confirmed histopathologically by biopsy in order to discuss malignant transformation of oral leukoplakia.
Tsvetan Borisov Tsvetanov
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Oral leukoplakia: a Clinicopathological review
Oral Oncology, 1997 Leukoplakia is the most common premalignant or potentially malignant lesion of the oral mucosa. It seems preferable to use the term leukoplakia as a clinical term only. When a biopsy is taken, the term leukoplakia should be replaced by the diagnosis obtained histologically.
van der Waal, I. +3 more
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Oral leukoplakia and erythroplakia in young patients: a southern Brazilian multicenter study [PDF]
Brazilian Oral ResearchThe objective of the present study was to investigate the frequency of oral leukoplakia and oral erythroplakia among young patients from three Brazilian reference centers in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology.
Alini Cardoso SOARES +10 more
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Malignant Transformation Rate in Chinese Patients with Oral Leukoplakia: a Meta-analysis [PDF]
Zhongguo quanke yixue, 2023 Background Oral cancer is highly prevalent, which is often caused by oral potentially malignant disorders, and oral leukoplakia is the most common.
YANG Ling, HOU Lili, CHEN Weihong, WENG Ximei, LUO Shasha, XIA Jialin
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