Oral leukoplakia; a proposal for simplification and consistency of the clinical classification and terminology
Med. oral patol. oral cir. bucal (Internet)
; 24(6): e799-e803, nov. 2019. ilus, tab
Artigo
em Inglês
| IBECS
| ID: ibc-192243
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ABSTRACT
There is a distinct lack of uniformity in the definitions and clinical terminologies related to oral leukoplakia and leukoplakialike lesions and disorders. Proposals have been put forward to subclassify leukoplakia into a homo-geneous and a non-homogeneous type based on color only, being either predominantly white or mixed white-and-red, respectively, irrespective of the texture of the lesion. In this proposal there is no need anymore to regard the poorly defined proliferative verrucous leukoplakia as a separate entity. Since keratosis is primarily a histo-pathological term, its clinical use is discouraged. Alternative terminology for these so-called keratotic lesions and disorders has been put forward. Finally, a suggestion has been made to rename the term hairy leukoplakia, being a well defined, not potentially malignant disorder particularly related to HIV-infection, into 'EBV-positive white lesion of the tongue' (EBVposWLT)
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Espanha
Base de dados:
IBECS
Assunto principal:
Doenças da Língua
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Leucoplasia Oral
Limite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Med. oral patol. oral cir. bucal (Internet)
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA)+The Netherlands