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Acta Dermatovenerol Alp Pannonica Adriat
; 18(4): 176-8, 2009 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20043056
ABSTRACT
A seventeen-year-old male presented with a restriction in the oral cavity. The oral mucosa was white and he could not protrude his tongue. For 4 years he had habitually held a powdery material containing betel nut in the oral vestibule for several minutes a day. A biopsy of the labial mucosa was carried out and a diagnosis of oral submucous fibrosis was confirmed. This is a premalignant condition. Oral submucous fibrosis is very rare in young patients.