Rapid progression of an idiopathic leukoplakia to a proliferative verrucous leukoplakia lesion and then squamous cell carcinoma

Aluana Dal Vechio; Edgar Nakagima; Luciane H Azevedo; Fábio A Alves; Dante A Migliari

Rapid progression of an idiopathic leukoplakia to a proliferative verrucous leukoplakia lesion and then squamous cell carcinoma

Quintessence Int. 2012 Jul-Aug;43(7):583-5.

Authors

Aluana Dal Vechio¹, Edgar Nakagima, Luciane H Azevedo, Fábio A Alves, Dante A Migliari

Affiliation

¹ Department of Stomatology, University of São Paulo, Brazil. lumadal@usp.br

PMID: 22670253

Abstract

The article reports a case of oral proliferative verrucous leukoplakia (OPVL) in a 76-year-old woman, underscoring how an otherwise inconspicuous white plaque lesion can rapidly turn into a phase of verrucous carcinoma and subsequently squamous cell carcinoma.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / pathology*
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / surgery
Carcinoma, Verrucous / pathology*
Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / pathology*
Female
Humans
Leukoplakia, Oral / pathology*
Tongue Neoplasms / pathology*
Tongue Neoplasms / surgery