Atypical carcinoma detected after regression of a "benign" oral white lesion. A case report

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5507/bp.2020.002" target="_blank" >10.5507/bp.2020.002</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Atypical carcinoma detected after regression of a "benign" oral white lesion. A case report

Original language description

Background: Unlike leukoplakia, the smokers' lesion - a type of oral white lesion spontaneously regressing following cessation of smoking - is generally considered a non-serious condition and there is no recommendation for subsequent follow-up of such patients. Case report: Here, however, we present the case of a patient (female, 56, smoker) in whom we detected a smoker's lesion which regressed completely, without any signs of abnormality or malignity. The only shadow of a doubt that led us to inviting her for another examination was an additional examination using a VELscope® autofluorescence device that revealed autofluorescence suppression on the site of the former lesion. Another examination one month later revealed a patch of epithelium with a normal color but a negligibly different light reflection in the center of the former lesion; VELscope® indicated the questionable area to still be suspect. Following excision using margins indicated by VELscope® (+2-3 mm), histopathology revealed a squamous cell carcinoma. The secondary excision was carcinoma free and even after 5 years, the carcinoma has not recurred. Conclusion: We would like to point out that apparent spontaneous regressions of oral white lesions following smoking cessation still need attention and close follow-up to make sure that a developing squamous cell carcinoma cannot pass undetected.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30208 - Dentistry, oral surgery and medicine

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Biomedical papers

ISSN

1213-8118

e-ISSN

1804-7521

Volume of the periodical

165

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

4

Pages from-to

229-232

UT code for WoS article

000660244900020

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85108805344