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Hasegawa T, Ouchi T, Shibukawa Y, Asoda S, Nakagawa T. Etiology of Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders and Squamous Cell Carcinoma Based on Cellular Stress Regulation and Matrix Stiffness. FRONT BIOSCI-LANDMRK 2023; 28:265. [PMID: 37919086 DOI: 10.31083/j.fbl2810265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2023] [Revised: 09/07/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 11/04/2023]
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The oral cavity serves as the initial segment of the digestive system and is responsible for both nutritional supplementation and the mechanical breakdown of food. It comprises distinct hard and soft tissues; the oral mucosa is subject to mechanical stress and interaction with microbiota. In oral cancer, tumors exhibit abnormal cellular networks and aberrant cell-cell interactions arising from complex interplays between environmental and genetic factors. This presents a challenge for clinicians and researchers, impeding the understanding of mechanisms driving oral cancer development and treatment strategies. Lesions with dysplastic features are categorized under oral potentially malignant disorders, including oral leukoplakia, erythroplakia, oral submucous fibrosis, and proliferative verrucous leukoplakia, carrying a high malignancy risk. In this review, we discuss oral cancer cell characteristics and the stiffness of the surrounding matrix. We also discuss the significance of stiffness equilibrium in oral potentially malignant disorders, particularly oral submucous fibrosis, possibly triggered by mechanical stress such as betel quid chewing.
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- Toshihiro Hasegawa
- Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 160-8582 Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, 113-0021 Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 160-8582 Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Dental College, 101-0061 Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 160-8582 Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 160-8582 Tokyo, Japan
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Putra J, Agarwal S, Al-Ibraheemi A, Alomari AI, Perez-Atayde AR. Spectrum of Liver Pathology in Dyskeratosis Congenita. Am J Surg Pathol 2023; 47:869-877. [PMID: 37246821 PMCID: PMC10524011 DOI: 10.1097/pas.0000000000002060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Dyskeratosis congenita (DC) is a rare multisystemic disorder associated with defective telomere maintenance. Frequent clinical manifestations of DC include reticular skin pigmentation, dystrophic nails, oral leukoplakia, and bone marrow failure. Hepatic disturbances are reported to occur in 7% of DC patients. This study aimed to evaluate the histopathologic spectrum of hepatic involvement in this disorder. DC patients with liver tissue in the pathology database at Boston Children's Hospital from 1995 to 2022 were identified. Clinical and pathologic information was documented. Thirteen specimens from 11 DC patients were included (M:F = 7:4; median age at the time of liver tissue evaluation: 18 y). DC-associated gene mutations were identified in 9 patients; TERF1-interacting nuclear factor 2 ( TINF2) was the most frequently represented gene mutation, seen in 4 patients. All patients had bone marrow failure, whereas dystrophic nails, cutaneous abnormal pigmentation, and oral leukoplakia were noted in 73%, 64%, and 55% of patients, respectively. Seven patients underwent bone marrow transplants before biopsy/autopsy (median interval of 45 mo). Histologically, 3 of 4 patients who presented with portal hypertension showed noncirrhotic changes (nodular regenerative hyperplasia and/or obliterative portal venopathy), whereas prominent central and sinusoidal fibrosis was noted in patients with intrahepatic shunting and those showing features of chronic passive congestion. All cases showed hepatocyte anisonucleosis. One patient developed hepatic angiosarcoma, and another 1 had colorectal adenocarcinoma metastatic to the liver. DC patients show heterogeneous histologic findings in their liver. The findings of noncirrhotic portal hypertension, intrahepatic shunting, and angiosarcoma suggest vascular functional/structural pathology as a possible unifying etiology of hepatic manifestations of DC.
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- Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Chu HT, Dinh Duong TA, Le DH, Le TV, Nguyen BB, Dang CV, Vu QV. Phenotype and genotype features of Vietnamese children with pachyonychia congenita. Pediatr Neonatol 2023; 64:405-410. [PMID: 36658016 DOI: 10.1016/j.pedneo.2022.09.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Revised: 07/04/2022] [Accepted: 09/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Pachyonychia congenita (PC) is a group of autosomal dominant disorders caused by mutations in one of five keratin genes (KRT6A, KRT6B, KRT6C, KRT16, or KRT17). PC is an extremely rare condition. To our knowledge, this is the largest genotype-phenotype study of PC in a Vietnamese population to date. MATERIALS AND METHODS We investigated keratin gene mutations and clinical features of seven Vietnamese children with PC. RESULTS The seven Vietnamese patients were from six different families (two patients in the same family) from across Northern, Central, and Southern Vietnam. All children displayed PC symptoms before 1 year of age, but diagnosis was delayed in 4/7 patients. Thick fingernails, thick toenails, oral leukokeratosis, and follicular hyperkeratosis were the most common features recorded by all seven patients. Plantar keratoderma and thick fingernails were the clinical features associated with the most significant effect on daily function. All patients had mutations in KRT6A (PC-K6a) focused on the 1A and 2B domains. We found three distinct types of mutations (K6a R466P, K6a N171K, and K6a N172del). One mutation (N172del) was common to 5/7 (71.4%) of the patients. CONCLUSIONS Individuals displaying nail dystrophy, oral leukokeratosis, follicular hyperkeratosis, and plantar keratoderma should be referred for genetic testing given the high likelihood of a PC-K6a-related mutation in patients with this constellation of clinical signs.
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- Ha Thi Chu
- Department of Pediatrics, Haiphong University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Haiphong, Vietnam
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- Department of Pediatrics, Haiphong University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Haiphong, Vietnam
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- National Hospital of Dermatology and Venereology, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Endoscopy and Exploration Functional Department, Viettiep Friendship Hospital, Haiphong, Vietnam
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- Department of Pediatrics, Haiphong University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Haiphong, Vietnam
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- Department of Pediatrics, Haiphong University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Haiphong, Vietnam
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- Department of Pediatrics, Haiphong University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Haiphong, Vietnam; Pediatric Department, Green International Hospital, Haiphong, Vietnam.
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Skorodumova LO, Muraev AA, Volodina EV, Ivanov SI, Gnuchëv NV, Georgiev GP, Larin SS. [Leukoplakia of the oral mucosa: classification, histopathology, diagnosis and treatment]. Vopr Onkol 2013; 59:548-554. [PMID: 24260879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Gazhva SI, Shkarednaia OV, Piatova ED. [Integrated approach to the treatment of oral mucosa diseases in patients with chronic gastritis]. Stomatologiia (Mosk) 2013; 92:16-19. [PMID: 24429781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The article presents data on the clinical and microbiological short and long term efficacy of treatment of the oral mucosa diseases in patients with Helicobacter pylori associated and not associated chronic gastritis depending on the chosen treatment regimen.
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Liu W, Shi LJ, Wu L, Feng JQ, Yang X, Li J, Zhou ZT, Zhang CP. Oral cancer development in patients with leukoplakia--clinicopathological factors affecting outcome. PLoS One 2012; 7:e34773. [PMID: 22514665 PMCID: PMC3326047 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2011] [Accepted: 03/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Oral leukoplakia (OL) is the best-known potentially malignant disorder. The objective of the current study was to evaluate the clinicopathological factors predictive of outcome in a large cohort of patients with OL, and report our experience in the early detection of malignant events. METHODS A total of 320 patients with biopsy-proven OL were retrospectively reviewed from the study institution who had a mean follow-up of 5.1 years. Data on patient and lesion at initial diagnosis and patient underwent sequential biopsies were reviewed. Multiple biopsies indicates > = 3 times sequential biopsies. Oral cancer-free survival rate (OCFS) was determined by the Kaplan-Meier method and significant factors were identified by Cox regression analysis. RESULTS The 3-year and 5-year OCFS was 86.6% and 82.0%, respectively. A new binary system of grading oral dysplasia was performed and Kaplan-Meier analysis indicated that high-grade dysplasia had significantly higher malignant incidence than low-grade dysplasia (5-year OCFS, 90.5% vs 59.0%; P<0.001), especially during the first 2-3 years of follow-up. Multivariate analysis revealed that the 4 factors including patient aged >60 years, lesion located at lateral/ventral tongue, non-homogenous lesion, high-grade dysplasia were independent significant indicators for OL malignant transformation. In addition, significant positive correlation between the multiple biopsies and these 4 factors and malignant outcome was established. CONCLUSIONS Elderly patients with OL located at lateral/ventral tongue and who had non-homogenous lesion with high-grade dysplasia correlated much higher risk of transformation. This high-risk subpopulation was suggested to undergo sequential biopsies and histologic examination contributing to early detection of malignant event.
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- Wei Liu
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Department of Oral Maxillofacial–Head and Neck Oncology, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Oral Mucosal Diseases, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Oral Mucosal Diseases, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Shanghai Municipal Hospital for Oral Health, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Department of Oral Maxillofacial–Head and Neck Oncology, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Oral Pathology, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Oral Mucosal Diseases, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- * E-mail: (ZTZ); (CPZ)
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Department of Oral Maxillofacial–Head and Neck Oncology, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- * E-mail: (ZTZ); (CPZ)
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Cao W, Younis RH, Li J, Chen H, Xia R, Mao L, Chen W, Ren H. EZH2 promotes malignant phenotypes and is a predictor of oral cancer development in patients with oral leukoplakia. Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 2011; 4:1816-24. [PMID: 21697275 PMCID: PMC3677701 DOI: 10.1158/1940-6207.capr-11-0130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Oral leukoplakia (OL) is the most common premalignancy in the oral cavity. A small proportion of OLs progresses to oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). To assess OSCC risk of OLs, we investigated the role of the transcriptional repressor enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) in oral tumorigenesis and its clinical implication as an OSCC risk predictor. Immunohistochemistry was used to measure EZH2 expression in OLs from 76 patients, including 37 who later developed OSCC and 39 who did not. EZH2 expression was associated with clinicopathologic parameters and clinical outcomes. To determine the biological role of EZH2 in OL, EZH2 level was reduced using EZH2 siRNAs in Leuk-1 cells, its impact on cell cycle, anchorage-dependent/independent growth, and invasion was assessed. We observed strong EZH2 expression in 34 (45%), moderate expression in 26 (34%), and weak/no expression in 16 (21%) of the OLs. The higher EZH2 levels were strongly associated with dysplasia (P < 0.001) and OSCC development (P < 0.0001). Multivariate analysis indicated that EZH2 expression was the only independent factor for OSCC development (P < 0.0001). At 5 years after diagnosis, 80% of patients whose OLs expressed strong EZH2 developed OSCC whereas only 24% patients with moderate and none with weak/no EZH2 expression did so (P < 0.0001). In Leuk-1 cells, EZH2 downregulation resulted in G(1) arrest; decreased invasion capability, decreased anchorage-independent growth; downregulation of cyclin D1 and upregulation of p15(INK4B). Our data suggest that EZH2 plays an important role in OL malignant transformation and may be a biomarker in predicting OSCC development in patients with OLs.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Aged
- Blotting, Western
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/etiology
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/metabolism
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/pathology
- Cell Adhesion
- Cell Cycle
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cell Movement
- Cell Proliferation
- Cohort Studies
- DNA-Binding Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Enhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 Protein
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Humans
- Immunoenzyme Techniques
- Leukoplakia, Oral/complications
- Leukoplakia, Oral/metabolism
- Leukoplakia, Oral/pathology
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mouth Neoplasms/etiology
- Mouth Neoplasms/metabolism
- Mouth Neoplasms/pathology
- Neoplasm Invasiveness
- Phenotype
- Polycomb Repressive Complex 2
- Prognosis
- RNA, Small Interfering/genetics
- Transcription Factors/antagonists & inhibitors
- Transcription Factors/genetics
- Transcription Factors/metabolism
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- Wei Cao
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ninth People’s Hospital, School of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology & Shanghai Research Institute of Stomatology, 639 Zhizaoju Road, Shanghai, 200011, China
- Department of Oncology and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Maryland Dental School, 650 W Baltimore St, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
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- Department of Oncology and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Maryland Dental School, 650 W Baltimore St, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ninth People’s Hospital, School of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology & Shanghai Research Institute of Stomatology, 639 Zhizaoju Road, Shanghai, 200011, China
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- Department of Oncology and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Maryland Dental School, 650 W Baltimore St, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ninth People’s Hospital, School of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology & Shanghai Research Institute of Stomatology, 639 Zhizaoju Road, Shanghai, 200011, China
- Department of Oncology and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Maryland Dental School, 650 W Baltimore St, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
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- Department of Oncology and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Maryland Dental School, 650 W Baltimore St, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ninth People’s Hospital, School of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology & Shanghai Research Institute of Stomatology, 639 Zhizaoju Road, Shanghai, 200011, China
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- Department of Oncology and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Maryland Dental School, 650 W Baltimore St, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
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Redkar NN, Pandey DB, Jerajani HR, Padhiyar R, Dhokare A. Dyskeratosis congenita with portal hypertension of unknown etiology. J Assoc Physicians India 2011; 59:260-263. [PMID: 21755768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Dyskeratosis Congenita (DKC) is a rare progressive bone marrow disorder associated with multi-systemic involvement. It is also characterized by triad of abnormal skin pigmentation, nail dystrophy and mucosal leukoplakia. Liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension are said to be uncommon among these patients. We hereby report a case of an adult male who presented with pancytopenia, abnormal skin pigmentation, nail dystrophy and mucosal leukoplakia. Skin biopsies along with clinical features confirmed the case. Imaging studies were reported as suggestive of and portal hypertension. Liver biopsy done but non-conclusive. Patient's one son and one daughter also had similar skin pigmentation.
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- Neelam N Redkar
- Department of Medicine, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai 400 022
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Squamous cell carcinoma is the most frequent malignant tumor of the oral mucosa. Various endogenous and exogenous factors promote its development. Therapy and prognosis depend mainly on tumor stage. Early detection is therefore of utmost importance. In most cases cancer develops from "leukoplakia". Both homogeneous leukoplakias as well as "erythroleukoplakias" should be biopsied. The"brush-biopsy", imaging techniques, molecular biologic or DNA tests are not reliable enough at present, often technically demanding and not applicable in daily practice. In extensive lesions "field cancerization" has to be considered. Further important precursor lesions are proliferative verrucous leukoplakia and erosive lichen planus. The management of oral precancerous lesions should be individually tailored: Low-grade dysplasia can be observed. If indicated, patients at risk should be biopsied in intervals. High-grade dysplasia ("carcinoma in situ") should be surgically removed.
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- J Beck-Mannagetta
- Univ.-Klinik für Mund-, Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie, Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität, 5020 Salzburg, Osterreich.
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Dyskeratosis congenita (DC) is an inherited bone marrow failure syndrome that is characterized by lacey reticular hyperpigmentation of the skin, dystrophic nails, mucous membrane leukoplakia and pancytopenia. Diagnosis may be delayed until clinical signs are apparent. Severe pancytopenia frequently causes early mortality of DC patients, who have an increased risk of developing oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Several case reports have described oral changes in DC, which include oral leukoplakia, increased dental caries, hypodontia, thin enamel structure, aggressive periodontitis, intraoral brown pigmentation, tooth loss, taurodontism and blunted roots. We determined the prevalence of these previously reported findings in a cohort of 17 patients with DC and 23 family members. The most common oral changes in DC patients were oral leukoplakia (65% of the entire DC population), decreased root/crown ratio (75% with sufficient tooth development) and mild taurodontism (57% with sufficient tooth development). From the clinical perspective, a diagnosis of DC or other inherited bone marrow failure syndrome should be considered in young persons with oral leukoplakia, particularly those with no history of smoking. Multiple permanent teeth with decreased root/crown ratios further suggest DC.
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- J C Atkinson
- Clinical Research Core, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-6401, USA.
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OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of oral lesions associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in a population of dental patients and analyze its association with psycho-social variables and biological markers. STUDY DESIGN The dental charts of 415 dental patients consecutively treated between May and July 2005 in a dedicated HIV dental clinic were reviewed. Oral soft tissue examinations, psycho-social and medical variables were extracted and recorded for each patient. Ethnicity, gender, HIV treatment, peripheral CD(4) counts and tobacco usage were analyzed in correlation with oral lesions associated with HIV. RESULTS Fifty-five percent of all subjects had at least one oral lesion associated with HIV, with oral candidiasis, salivary gland enlargement and oral hairy leukoplakia being the most commonly observed conditions. Gender and ethnicity did not correlate with a higher prevalence in lesions. However, tobacco smoking correlated significantly with a higher prevalence of oral lesions, independent of CD(4) counts. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that oral lesions remain commonly observed morbidities among HIV-infected dental patients independent of gender and ethnicity and that tobacco usage is a major and often underestimated risk factor for those lesions.
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- H Y Sroussi
- Department of Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60612-7213, USA.
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BACKGROUND Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia (PVL) is a distinct clinical form of oral leukoplakia defined by its progressive clinical course, changing clinical and histopathological features, and potential to develop into cancer. PVL behaves in a more aggressive and relentless manner than the more innocuous white oral lesions that it can resemble clinically. METHODS A PubMed search was conducted which identified studies that examined patients with PVL and reported data meeting inclusion criteria. RESULTS PVL is seen much more frequently in females and most often diagnosed after the sixth decade of life. Tobacco use is not strongly linked to the presence of PVL (63% of patients did not use tobacco products). Most (74%) of the patients with PVL progressed to oral carcinoma. CONCLUSION PVL is a persistent and progressive oral lesion that requires very close follow-up along with early and aggressive treatment to increase the chances of a favorable outcome.
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- Robert J Cabay
- Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612-7213, USA
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Capodiferro S, Maiorano E, Scully C, Favia G. Does a clinico-pathological correlation exist between tonsillar carcinoma and oral proliferative verrucous leukoplakia? Minerva Stomatol 2007; 56:153-4. [PMID: 17327820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Briceño García HC, González Pujol N. Abordaje clinicoterapéutico de la leucoplasia oral. Rev Clin Esp 2006; 206:165; author reply 166. [PMID: 16597392 DOI: 10.1157/13086221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Sulka A, Simon K, Piszko P, Kalecińska E, Dominiak M. Oral mucosa alterations in chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis due to HBV or HCV infection. Bull Group Int Rech Sci Stomatol Odontol 2006; 47:6-10. [PMID: 17672199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The aim of the study was to evaluate the character of lesions within oral mucosa in patients suffering from chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis of the liver due to either HBV or HCV infection. A total of 74 patients treated at the Clinic of Infectious Diseases in Wrocław for chronic hepatitis B (20 patients, group I) and for chronic hepatitis C (23 patients group III) and cirrhosis of the liver due to HBV (15 patients , group II) and HCV (16 patients, group IV) infection. The control group comprised 29 healthy subjects. Lesions within the oral mucosa found on clinical examinations were confirmed with a histopathological evaluation. Patients suffering from chronic hepatitis B revealed leukoplakia (1/20), melanoplakia (1/20), petechiae (1/20), 17 patients from this group did not show any changes. Patients suffering from chronic hepatitis C revealed leukoplakia (6/23), Delbanco's disease (2/23), melanoplakia (1/23), lichen planus (1/23), petechiae (1/23), 12 patients from this group did not show any changes. Patients suffering from cirrhosis of the liver due of HBV infection revealed leukoplakia (3/15) petechiae (2/15), Delbanco's disease (1/15), angular cheilitis (1/15), aphthae (1/15), 7 patients from this group did not reveal any changes. Patients suffering from cirrhosis of the liver due of HCV infection revealed petechiae (2/16), melanoplakia (1/16), candidosis (1/16), labial herpes (1/16), 11 patients from this group did not reveal any changes. In control group we observed leukoplakia (3/29), Delbanco's disease (1/29), labial herpes (1/29), petechiae (1/29), and 23 subjects did not present pathological lesions within the oral mucosa. Results indicate the lack of connection between chronic HBV and HCV infection as well as the stage of the disease with the incidence and character of oral lesions in oral mucosa.
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- Agnieszka Sulka
- Department of Oral Surgery, Medical University in Wrocław, Poland.
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Bravo IM, Correnti M, Escalona L, Perrone M, Brito A, Tovar V, Rivera H. Prevalence of oral lesions in HIV patients related to CD4 cell count and viral load in a Venezuelan population. Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal 2006; 11:E33-9. [PMID: 16388291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023] Open
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AIM To determine the prevalence of oral lesions in a HIV+ group of patients, related to CD4 cell count and viral load in a Venezuelan population. MATERIALS AND METHODS In the present study, we evaluated 75 HIV+ adult patients, attended at the Center of Infectious Diseases, at the Faculty of Dentistry, Central University of Venezuela. Each patient was clinically examined for detection of oral mucosal lesions. In addition, CD4 cell count was determined by flow cytometry, as well as viral load by RT-PCR (Amplicor HIV-RNA, TM test 1.5, Roche). RESULTS 85% (64/75) of HIV/AIDS patients showed associated HIV lesions. Oral Candidiasis constituted the most common lesion representing a 61% (39/64), followed by Oral Hairy Leukoplakia 53% (34/64); Oral Leukoplakia 34% (22/64), Melanic Hyperpigmentation 38% (18/64); Papilloma 13 (6/64), Lineal Gingival Erythema 8% (5/64); Aphtous Recurrent Stomatitis 5% (4/64) and Kaposi's Sarcoma 5% (3/64). Only one case of the following lesions were represented by Non Hodgkin Lymphoma, Multifocal Epithelial Hyperplasia, Recurrent Herpes, Histoplasmosis and Molluscum Contagiosum. The patients with a viral load of 30.000 copies/mm3 exhibited oral lesions related with HIV, independent of CD4 cell count, although patients with CD4+ levels of 200 cel/mm3 were more susceptible to develop these lesions. CONCLUSIONS The most common oral lesion was Oral Candidiasis followed by Oral Hairy Leukoplakia, Oral Leukoplakia and Melanic Hyperpigmentation. A high viral load was strongly associated to the oral lesions occurrence independently of CD4+ cell count.
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- Inés María Bravo
- Programa de Medicina Oral, Instituto de Oncología y Hematología, Ministerio de Salud y Desarrollo Social
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Davidovich E, Eimerl D, Aker M, Shapira J, Peretz B. Dyskeratosis congenita: dental management of a medically complex child. Pediatr Dent 2005; 27:244-8. [PMID: 16173231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Dyskeratosis congenita (DKC) is a rare syndrome characterized by cutaneous hyperpigmentation, nail dystrophy, leukoplakia, and pancytopenia. The purpose of this case study was to describe the management of a 7-year-old girl diagnosed with DKC who urgently needed dental treatment under general anesthesia before bone marrow transplantation (BMT). The patient presented normal skin, nails, and hair, but oral examination revealed a number of ulcers, leukoplakia, gingival recessions, alveolar bone loss, and dental caries. Hematologic preparation included raising blood parameters, and the anesthesiologist to had consider pulmonary infection. The alveolar bone loss and the gingival recessions required the consultation of a periodontist. Avoiding stainless steel crowns was necessary due to potential plaque accumulation in the crown margins. The goal of this dental treatment was eliminating potential sources of infection before transplantation was conducted. It is important for the pediatric dentist to recognize the medical aspects associated with dental management prior to BMT, and to incorporate them into the treatment plan.
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- Esti Davidovich
- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, The Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel
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OBJECTIVES To determine the relationship between oral leukoplakia (OL) and oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), and to evaluate possible differences between those carcinomas with and without associated leukoplakia. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 138 patients were studied at the Stomatology Service of the University General Hospital, Valencia, Spain. These patients were divided into two groups: group 1, patients with oral cancer and leukoplakia, and group 2, patients with OSCC but with no associated premalignant lesions. The relationship between this precancerous lesion and the OSCC was evaluated, as well as the possible clinical and histological differences between the tumours of the two groups. RESULTS Leukoplakia was detected in 27 (19.56%) patients with OSCC. No differences were found between the two groups regarding age and tumour location. However, statistically significant differences were observed with respect to the form, tumour stage and the presence of adenopathies in the cancers with and without leukoplakia; in that the tumours associated with leukoplakia were diagnosed as being at a more initial stage. CONCLUSIONS Those patients with OL associated with oral cancer presented with tumours at a less advanced stage than those where no associated leukoplakia existed.
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Campisi G, Giovannelli L, Ammatuna P, Capra G, Colella G, Di Liberto C, Gandolfo S, Pentenero M, Carrozzo M, Serpico R, D'Angelo M. Proliferative verrucous vs conventional leukoplakia: no significantly increased risk of HPV infection. Oral Oncol 2004; 40:835-40. [PMID: 15288840 DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2004.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2004] [Accepted: 02/27/2004] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia (PVL) is a very aggressive form of oral leukoplakia (OL) with high morbidity and mortality rates, hypothesised to be linked to HPV infection. This study aimed to determine the presence of HPV DNA in PVL in comparison with OL, and in relation to social-demographical variables (age, gender, smoking and drinking habits) in an Italian multi-centric hospital-based study. The study group consisted of 58 cases of PVL and 90 cases of OL as controls (47 homogeneous (H) and 43 non-homogeneous (non-H) form), both recruited from four Italian cohorts. HPV DNA was identified in exfoliated mucosal cells by nested PCR (nPCR) with MY09/MY11 and GP5+/GP6+ primer pairs and the HPV genotype determined by direct DNA sequencing. HPV DNA was found in 24.1% (14/58)of PVL and in 25.5% (23/90) of OL; there was thus no significant difference found between PVL and OL (both forms) for risk of HPV infection (OR=0.93; 95% IC:0.432-1.985). Similarly, in both groups of PVL and OL lesions, no statistic association was found between any demographical variable considered and HPV infection. HPV-18 was the most frequently detected genotype in all tissues, being found in 78.5% and 60.8% of HPV+ve PVL and OL, respectively. Other more rarely detected genotypes were HPV-16 (28.6% in PVL and 13% in OL), HPV-6 (17.4% in OL) and HPV-53 (8.8% in OL). PVL does not appear more likely to be associated to HPV infection than conventional OL lesions.
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- G Campisi
- Department of Oral Sciences, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, Palermo 90127, Italy.
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Sollecito TP, Alawi F. Dysplastic leukoplakia. N Engl J Med 2004; 350:2718-9; author reply 2718-9. [PMID: 15218579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/16/2023]
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An undesirable effect of fixed orthodontic appliances is irritation of the oral mucosa. Lesions are common, but they usually heal quickly because of the fast metabolism of oral mucosa cells. Alterations accompanying some injuries are temporary, but some are irreversible because of attrition. White sponge nevus constitutes a special situation, and little information about it is available in the orthodontic literature. This report presents a patient with white sponge nevus who received orthodontic treatment over a 40-month period. The condition was also noted in a sibling. Because of the similarity between white sponge nevus and other diseases, including some that are malignant, a thorough clinical history and differential diagnosis are essential.
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- Claudia Quintella
- Department of Orthodontics, Bauru Dental School, University of São Paulo, Alameda Octávio Pinheiro Brisolla 9-75, Bauru, São Paulo 17012-901, Brazil.
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Sudbø J, Lippman SM, Lee JJ, Mao L, Kildal W, Sudbø A, Sagen S, Bryne M, El-Naggar A, Risberg B, Evensen JF, Reith A. The influence of resection and aneuploidy on mortality in oral leukoplakia. N Engl J Med 2004; 350:1405-13. [PMID: 15070790 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa033374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Although the standard treatment of oral leukoplakia ranges from watchful waiting to complete resection, the value of these approaches is unknown. METHODS We studied the relations among resection, ploidy status, and death from cancer in 103 patients with diploid dysplastic oral leukoplakia, 20 patients with tetraploid lesions, and 27 patients with aneuploid lesions. Data on cancer-specific mortality and treatment were obtained from the Cancer Registry of Norway, Statistics Norway, and chart reviews. RESULTS Primary oral carcinoma developed in 47 of the 150 patients with leukoplakia (31 percent)--5 with diploid, 16 with tetraploid, and 26 with aneuploid leukoplakia--during a mean follow-up of 80 months (range, 4 to 237). The margin status of the initial leukoplakia resection had no relation to the development of oral cancer (P=0.95). Twenty-six of the 47 patients in whom cancer developed (4 with prior tetraploid and 22 with prior aneuploid lesions) had recurrences (55 percent); the recurrences were more frequently multiple and distant (within the oral cavity) among patients with aneuploid lesions than among those with tetraploid or diploid lesions. All 47 patients underwent a standard regimen of surgery and radiation, followed by chemotherapy in the 26 with recurrent cancer. Only patients with aneuploid leukoplakia died of oral cancer; the five-year rate of death from cancer was 72 percent. Aneuploidy-related first carcinomas were diagnosed at a more advanced stage than were carcinomas originating from diploid or tetraploid leukoplakia (P=0.03) and were more likely to be lethal regardless of the stage. CONCLUSIONS Complete resection of aneuploid leukoplakia does not reduce the high risk of aggressive carcinoma and death from oral cancer.
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- Jon Sudbø
- Department of Medical Oncology, Norwegian Radium Hospital, University of Oslo, Montebello, Oslo, Norway.
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Scheid SC, Anderson TD, Sataloff RT. Ulcerative fungal laryngitis. Ear Nose Throat J 2003; 82:168-9. [PMID: 12696232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/01/2023] Open
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- Sara C Scheid
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA
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Hernández G, Arriba L, Jiménez C, Bagán JV, Rivera B, Lucas M, Moreno E. Rapid progression from oral leukoplakia to carcinoma in an immunosuppressed liver transplant recipient. Oral Oncol 2003; 39:87-90. [PMID: 12457727 DOI: 10.1016/s1368-8375(02)00009-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Immunosuppression used to avoid graft rejection in solid organ transplantation recipients leads to a variety of side-effects, and an increased rate of infections and de novo malignancies. Oral conditions usually associated with immunosuppressive drugs include fungal and viral infection, and lip lesions, but intra-oral carcinoma has not been reported as having a high incidence. This report deals with a male liver transplant recipient receiving FK506 (5 mg/day) and prednisone (20 mg/day) who was diagnosed with a homogeneous leukoplakia on the floor of the mouth 4 months after transplantation, and 4 months later with a squamous cell carcinoma growth at the site of this lesion. The rapid transformation of the lesion suggests that in patients who display oral premalignant conditions, immunosuppression must be considered as an important risk factor for oral cancer.
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The inherited palmoplantar keratodermas (PPK) may be associated with a wide variety of other ectodermal abnormalities. The coexistence of PPK and leucoplakia may indicate the increased risk of oesophageal carcinoma in adult life. Cutaneous horn may develop over benign, precancerous, as well as malignant lesions, and frequently may be associated with actinic keratoses and Bowen's disease. On the other hand, the relationship of cutaneous horn and leucoplakia has been the subject of only a single case report. We present a case of PPK and diffuse oral leucokeratosis associated with relapsing cutaneous horn of the lips.
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- C Baykal
- Department of Dermatology and Oncology Institute, Medical School, Istanbul University, 34390 Istanbul, Turkey.
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Gugle MM. Etiology, pathogenesis and treatment of habitual dislocations of the T.M. Joints [original work]. Indian J Dent Res 2002; 13:88-94. [PMID: 12420573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/27/2023] Open
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Definite treatment of any pathological condition, is based on the understanding of its correct pathogenesis and etiology. Without this basic understanding correct and lasting treatment is not possible. When there is no knowledge of exact pathogenesis and etiology, various theories and treatments are suggested by various workers. This is what exactly happened in the case of habitual dislocations of the T.M. Joints. This in term has happened because the dental surgeons and so called oral surgeons, never expanded their vision, beyond their restricted field of 20 deciduous teeth and 32 permanent teeth. Lack of understanding of basic physiological functions, of various tissues in the body and their effects on various systems as a whole was neglected. For this study four patients were selected from many, who could visit my clinic regularly and co-operate to follow all the instructions over a period of at least 5 years. The analysis of their symptoms and signs, had a different story to tell than what was described in the literature so far.
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- M M Gugle
- Govt. Dental College, Ahmedabad, India
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- M S Block
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, LSU School of Dentistry, New Orleans, LA 70119, USA.
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Hilton JF, Alves M, Anastos K, Canchola AJ, Cohen M, Delapenha R, Greenspan D, Levine A, MacPhail LA, Micci SJ, Mulligan R, Navazesh M, Phelan J, Tsaknis P. Accuracy of diagnoses of HIV-related oral lesions by medical clinicians. Findings from the Women's Interagency HIV Study. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2001; 29:362-72. [PMID: 11553109 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0528.2001.290506.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine if medical clinicians are as accurate as dental clinicians in recognizing diagnostic characteristics of HIV-related oral lesions. METHODS In 355 HIV-infected participants at five Women's Interagency HIV Study sites, we paired oral examinations conducted within 7 days of each other by dental and medical clinicians. We used the former as a gold standard against which to evaluate the accuracy of the latter. We assessed the accuracy of the medical clinicians' findings based both on their observations of abnormalities and on their descriptions of these abnormalities. RESULTS Dental clinicians diagnosed some oral abnormality in 38% of participants. When "abnormality" was used as the medical clinicians' outcome, sensitivities were 75% for pseudomembranous candidiasis and 58% for erythematous candidiasis, but only 40% for hairy leukoplakia. When a precise description of the abnormality was used as their outcome, sensitivities were 19%, 12% and 20%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Medical clinicians recognize that HIV-related oral abnormalities are present in 40-75% of cases, but less often describe them accurately. Low sensitivity implies that the true associations of specific oral lesions with other HIV phenomena, such as time until AIDS, must be stronger than the literature suggests.
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- J F Hilton
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0560, USA.
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- A Mellott
- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Northwestern University Medical School, 676 N. St. Clair, Suite 850, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Baughman R, Vascimini F, Brockett R. Diagnostic quiz #42. Case no. 1. Epithelial dysplasia with hyperkeratosis and focal lichenoid mucositis. Todays FDA 2000; 12:20-1. [PMID: 11404999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/16/2023]
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- R Baughman
- University of Florida Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and Oncology, USA
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Lee JJ, Hong WK, Hittelman WN, Mao L, Lotan R, Shin DM, Benner SE, Xu XC, Lee JS, Papadimitrakopoulou VM, Geyer C, Perez C, Martin JW, El-Naggar AK, Lippman SM. Predicting cancer development in oral leukoplakia: ten years of translational research. Clin Cancer Res 2000; 6:1702-10. [PMID: 10815888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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Our 10-year translational study of the oral premalignant lesion (OPL) model has advanced the basic understanding of carcinogenesis. Although retinoids have established activity in this model, a substantial percentage of our OPL patients progress to cancer, especially after treatment is stopped. On the basis of our 10-year OPL study, we have developed the first comprehensive tool for assessing cancer risk of OPL patients. This cancer risk assessment tool incorporates medical/demographic variables, epidemiological factors, and cellular and molecular biomarkers. Between 1988 and 1991, 70 advanced OPL patients were enrolled in a chemoprevention trial of induction with high dose isotretinoin (1.5 mg/kg/day for 3 months) followed by 9 months of maintenance treatment with either low dose isotretinoin (0.5 mg/kg/day) or beta-carotene (30 mg/d; total treatment duration, 1 year). We assessed the relationship between cancer risk factors and time to cancer development by means of exploratory data analysis, logrank test, Cox proportional hazard model, and recursive partitioning. With a median follow-up of 7 years, 22 of our 70 patients (31.4%) developed cancers in the upper aerodigestive tract following treatment. The overall cancer incidence was 5.7% per year. The most predictive factors of cancer risk are OPL histology, cancer history, and three of the five biomarkers we assessed (chromosomal polysomy, p53 protein expression, and loss of heterozygosity at chromosome 3p or 9p). In the multivariable Cox model, histology (P = 0.0003) and the combined biomarker score of chromosomal polysomy, p53, and loss of heterozygosity (P = 0.0008) are the strongest predictors for cancer development. Retinoic acid receptor beta and micronuclei were not associated with increased cancer risk. We have demonstrated a successful strategy of comprehensive cancer risk assessment in OPL patients. Combining conventional medical/demographic variables and a panel of three biomarkers can identify high risk patients in our sample. This result will need to be validated by future studies. With the identification of high risk individuals, more efficient chemoprevention trials and molecular targeting studies can be designed.
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- J J Lee
- Department of Biostatistics, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030, USA.
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Yang T, Xie X, Xie M, Liu A, Wang J. [A comparative study on the risk factors for the incidence of tongue cancer]. Hunan Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 2000; 23:141-2. [PMID: 10681826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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The risk factors for the incidence of tongue cancer were analyzed with case study. The result showed that oral leukoplakia (OR = 8.50) residual roots of oral teeth (OR = 8.50), eating hot foods (OR = 13.0) and eating fire-roasted foods (OR = 3.5) were the main risk factors for the occurrence of tongue cancer. Eating fresh fruits (OR = 0.01) was usually helpful to the decrease in the predisposition of tongue cancer. It suggested that oral precancerous lesions and mouth diseases should be cured early and good life behavior must be developed in order to prevent the incidence of tongue cancer.
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- T Yang
- Department of Epidemiology, Hunan Medical University, Changsha
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Pachyonchia congenita (PC) is an uncommon autosomal dominant genodermatosis affecting the nails and other ectodermal tissues. The most striking features are symmetrically thickened dysmorphic nails and hyperkeratotic skin lesions. We report a case of pachyonychia congenita in a 30-year-old male patient who had thickening and gray-brown discoloration of all nails and many nodules on his back and neck. He also had hyperkeratotic skin lesions on both feet. His tongue had irregularly-shaped, whitish plaques. Histology of these nodules revealed the characteristic features of steatocystoma multiplex. After treatment with oral retinoic acid, his hyperkeratotic skin lesions improved.
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- T W Lim
- Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea
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Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia (PVL) is a distinct variant of oral leukoplakia characterized by a high rate of malignant transformation. Histologic features are variable and range from epithelial dysplasia to verrucous squamous cell carcinoma. To our knowledge, there have been no previous reports of cutaneous PVL. We present an interesting case of PVL involving the skin.
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- J C Haley
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 46202, USA
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OBJECTIVE There is an ongoing debate on the prevalence of premalignant lesions, in particular leukoplakia, at the time of diagnosis of an oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). The aim of the present study was to determine the presence of concomitant leukoplakia in 100 patients with OSCC, and to evaluate possible differences in clinical and histopathological parameters of the OSCC between those with or without concomitant leukoplakia. PATIENTS AND METHODS One hundred consecutive patients, 61 men and 39 women, with a histologically proven OSCC were screened on the presence of leukoplakia. Four groups were distinguished: (I) leukoplakia adjacent to the OSCC, (II) combination of leukoplakia adjacent to the OSCC, and leukoplakia at another oral site, (III) leukoplakia present at another oral site, but not adjacent to the OSCC, and (IV) no leukoplakia present. RESULTS In 47 (47%) patients with OSCC the presence of concomitant leukoplakia was observed. Thirty-six (36%) patients had a leukoplakia adjacent to the OSCC (groups I and II), of which eight (8%) patients (group II) also had a leukoplakia present at another oral site. Eleven (11%) patients (group III) had no leukoplakia adjacent to the OSCC, but a leukoplakia present at another oral site. Fifty-three (53%) patients (group IV) with OSCC had no concomitant leukoplakia present. No differences were noted between men and women, nor was there any preference for an oral subsite with regard to the carcinoma. There were no statistically significant differences in clinical and histopathological presentation of OSCC's between those with or without concomitant leukoplakia. CONCLUSION Almost 50% of oral squamous cell carcinomas are presumably associated with or preceded by leukoplakia. Early detection and active management of patients with oral leukoplakia may prevent the true development of a number of oral squamous cell carcinomas.
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- K Schepman
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Pathology, Academic Hospital Vrije Universiteit/Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), The Netherlands
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OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To assess the efficacy of laser therapy for the management of premalignant oral lesions. STUDY DESIGN The study group consisted of seventy consecutive laser-treated patients with oral leukoplakia. The microscopic diagnosis included idiopathic focal keratosis, dysplasias of all grades, and verrucous hyperplasia (proliferative verrucous leukoplakia). Thirty-nine patients had some degree of microscopic dysplasia and six demonstrated high-risk proliferative verrucous leukoplakia. The clinical appearances of the lesions were white (homogeneous leukoplakia) in 48, red and white (erythroleukoplakia) in 8, and verrucous in 14. There were 38 men and 32 women in this group. The average age was 63 years (range, 31-90 y). METHODS Lasers employed were the CO2 and Nd:YAG lasers, and standard laser safety protocols were used. RESULTS There was no postoperative infection, hemorrhage, or paresthesia Two patients developed pyogenic granulomas in their surgical sites. Fifty-five of 70 patients were followed for more than 6 months; follow-up averaged 32 months (range 6-178 mo). Twenty-nine patients had complete control of their lesions; 19 patients had small recurrences removed with subsequent laser surgeries, leading to control; 2 patients had complete recurrences; and 5 patients developed squamous cell carcinoma at the lesion site. Verrucous lesions had an especially high rate of recurrence (83%), with 9 of 12 ultimately controlled with subsequent surgeries. CONCLUSIONS Laser surgery of oral leukoplakia is an effective tool in a complete management strategy that includes careful clinical follow-up, patient education to eliminate risk factors and report suspicious lesions, and biopsy of suspicious lesions when appropriate. However, recurrence and progression to cancer remain a risk.
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- M L Schoelch
- University of California, Department of Stomatology, School of Dentistry, San Francisco, USA.
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Greer RO, McDowell JD, Hoernig G. Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia: report of two cases and a discussion of clinicopathology. J Calif Dent Assoc 1999; 27:300-5, 308-9. [PMID: 10528563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia (PVL) is a recently delineated but poorly recognized form of multifocal leukoplakia that is premalignant and of unproven origin. PVL generally presents as a simple benign form of hyperkeratosis that tends to spread and become diffuse. Although slow-growing, the disease is persistent and irreversible. Clinically, PVL often presents as an exophytic wart-like form of leukoplakia that appears to be resistant to nearly all forms of therapy. PVL of the oral cavity is best-defined as a continuum of oral epithelial disease with hyperkeratosis at one end of a clinical and microscopic spectrum and verrucous carcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma at the other. The microscopic findings associated with PVL are dependent on the stage of the disease and the adequacy of the biopsy. Microscopic findings can be markedly variable. PVL is a clinicopathologic disorder that includes the microscopic entity known as verrucous hyperplasia as a component of its histopathologic progression. This article reports on two cases of PVL, describes the clinicopathology of the disease process, and presents therapeutic and etiologic considerations.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Candidiasis, Oral/diagnosis
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/etiology
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/pathology
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/surgery
- Carcinoma, Verrucous/etiology
- Carcinoma, Verrucous/pathology
- Carcinoma, Verrucous/surgery
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Female
- Humans
- Leukoplakia, Oral/complications
- Leukoplakia, Oral/pathology
- Leukoplakia, Oral/surgery
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mouth Mucosa/pathology
- Mouth Neoplasms/etiology
- Mouth Neoplasms/pathology
- Mouth Neoplasms/surgery
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- R O Greer
- University of Colorado School of Medicine, USA
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OBJECTIVE This study was undertaken in order to investigate clinicopathologic characteristics and malignant potential of widespread multiple oral leukoplakias. PATIENTS AND METHODS The present study includes 12 patients with widespread multiple leukoplakias (widespread patients) and 99 with localized lesions (localized patients), and all patients were followed for more than 6 months with the mean follow-up period of 4 years. RESULTS Gingiva and tongue were the major affected sites of leukoplakias in the localized patients, whereas gingiva and buccal mucosa were predominantly affected in the widespread patients. The rate of developing carcinoma was significantly (P < 0.02) higher in the widespread patients (3/12) than in the localized patients (5/99), although there was no significant difference in the rate of dysplastic lesions between these groups. CONCLUSION These results indicate that the widespread leukoplakias have a higher potential for the development of carcinoma than do the localized lesions.
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- T Saito
- First Department of Oral Surgery, Hokkaido University School of Dentistry, Sapporo, Japan
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Bagán JV, Ramón C, González L, Diago M, Milián MA, Cors R, Lloria E, Cardona F, Jiménez Y. Preliminary investigation of the association of oral lichen planus and hepatitis C. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 1998; 85:532-6. [PMID: 9619669 DOI: 10.1016/s1079-2104(98)90286-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this investigation was to determine if an association exists between hepatitis C virus and oral lichen planus. STUDY DESIGN Three groups of subjects were selected: 505 patients with hepatitis C virus infection (group 1), 100 patients with oral lichen planus (group 2), and a randomly selected control group (age- and gender-matched) of 100 healthy subjects (group 3). The prevalence of oral lichen planus was determined in groups 1 and 3, and the prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection was established in groups 2 and 3. RESULTS The prevalence of oral lichen planus was 3.36% (n = 17) in group 1 and 1% (n = 1) in the control group; the prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection was 23% (n = 23) in group 2, and 5% (n = 5) in the control group. No significant differences were observed in the incidence of oral lichen planus in group 1 between those patients who received interferon and those who did not. The 17 patients in group 1 who manifested oral lichen planus and hepatitis C virus infection simultaneously exhibited a marked tendency to have only reticular lesions (70.6%), with involvement of the buccal mucosa in 88.2% of these patients, the tongue in 29.4%, and the gingiva in 11.8%. Analyzing a randomized subgroup of 143 patients from group 1 (subgroup 1) that was matched by age and gender with groups 2 and 3, we found that the incidence of oral lichen planus in patients with hepatitis C virus infection (subgroup 1) was greater than in the control group (5.59% vs 1%), though this was not statistically significant (chi2 = 0.119; p = 0.06). In contrast, group 2 exhibited a statistically significant higher incidence of hepatitis C virus infection (23%) than the controls (5%; chi2 = 0.259, p = 0.0002). CONCLUSIONS The prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in patients with oral lichen planus was greater than in the control series. In our opinion this observation warrants the investigation of potential concomitant hepatitis C virus infection in patients with oral lichen planus.
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- J V Bagán
- Department of Stomatology, Valencia University General Hospital, Spain
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OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency of fungal infection in biopsies of oral mucosal lesions. MATERIALS AND METHODS Histopathology reports issued between 1991-1995 inclusive were reviewed. During this period, a single section of each mucosal biopsy had been stained using the periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) technique. RESULTS A total of 223 (4.7%) biopsies contained PAS-positive fungi: 191 individuals were affected, 124 (64.9%) of whom were male. There was a significant (P < 0.01) positive association of fungal infection with moderate and severe epithelial dysplasia, median rhomboid glossitis and squamous papillomas. Where a subsequent biopsy was available, 21.9% dysplasias which were infected with fungi worsened in histological severity, as compared with 7.6% of dysplasias which were not infected at any stage. There was a significant negative association of fungal infection with benign fibrous overgrowths (P < 0.01), benign hyperkeratoses, lichenoid reactions and pyogenic granulomas (P < 0.05). The difference in frequency of infection between the tongue and other sites was also significantly higher (P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS There is a statistically significant association between histologically-determined fungal infection and epithelial dysplasia, and we recommend that a PAS stain be performed whenever oral epithelial dysplasia is diagnosed, especially in male patients. On histological confirmation of dysplasia, anti-fungal therapy should be considered in the management of these lesions.
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- A W Barrett
- Department of Oral Pathology, Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Health Care Sciences, University of London, UK.
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Manganaro AM, Will MJ, Poulos E. Actinic cheilitis: a premalignant condition. Gen Dent 1997; 45:492-4. [PMID: 9515418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Actinic cheilitis is a premalignant, irreversible disease that frequently affects the vermilion border of the lower lip. Since there is no correlation between clinical appearance and histologic aggressiveness, a biopsy is mandated. A vermilionectomy procedure is described, as well as the most frequently encountered complications.
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- A M Manganaro
- U.S. Army Dental Corps, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234, USA
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OBJECTIVES Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia is a unique form of oral leukoplakia that has a high risk for becoming dysplastic and transforming into squamous cell carcinoma. The purpose of this review is to update patient profiles, pathogenesis, and survival. STUDY DESIGN Fifty-four patients with proliferative verrucous leukoplakia (17 from a previous report) were followed prospectively in our clinic for a mean of 11.6 years after initial biopsy. RESULTS In the patient population studied, the mean age was 62 years, and women outnumbered men 4 to 1. Multiple intraoral sites were involved (mean, 2.6 per patient); the most common sites were buccal mucosa in women and tongue in men. In a mean time of 7.7 years, 70.3% of the patients developed a squamous cell carcinoma at a proliferative verrucous leukoplakia site, most frequently the gingiva and tongue. Twenty-one of the patients with proliferative verrucous leukoplakia died of proliferative verrucous leukoplakia-associated carcinoma. Only 31% of the 54 patients used tobacco in any form. Radiation did not appear to enhance surgical control. CONCLUSIONS Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia is a high risk precancerous lesion with a high mortality rate. Because of both the propensity for progression to dysplasia and malignancy, as well as a high recurrence rate, these patients must be treated aggressively and followed carefully.
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- S Silverman
- Division of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, University of California, San Francisco, USA
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Carrozzo M, Gandolfo S, Carbone M, Colombatto P, Broccoletti R, Garzino-Demo P, Ghisetti V. Hepatitis C virus infection in Italian patients with oral lichen planus: a prospective case-control study. J Oral Pathol Med 1996; 25:527-33. [PMID: 8986963 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.1996.tb01726.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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To assess the aetiology of liver disease associated with lichen planus, we prospectively studied 70 consecutive newly diagnosed patients with oral lichen planus (OLP) living in northwest Italy (Piemonte) and 70 controls matched for age and sex with other oral keratoses coming from the same district. Twenty-two patients with OLP (31.4%) and 9 controls (12.9%) were found to be affected by chronic liver disease (CLD) (P = 0.014). In sixteen of the 22 OLP patients with CLD the liver disease was hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related, whereas 2 of the 9 controls had a HCV-related CLD (P = 0.016). In another OLP case, liver damage was related to a combination of HCV and alcohol abuse. The prevalence of HCV antibodies in the whole OLP group (27.1%) was significantly higher than in controls (4.3%) (P = 0.014), whereas no difference was found between the OLP and control groups regarding hepatitis B virus markers and other common causes of CLD. HCV infection was more frequently found in patients with erosive OLP (58.8%) than in patients with non-erosive OLP (13.2%) (P = 0.004). Serum HCV-RNA was detected by polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in the majority (93.7%) of OLP patients who had HCV antibodies. Excluding OLP and control patients with HCV markers, there was no difference between the two groups regarding frequency of CLD. Our data show that HCV is probably the main pathogenic factor in liver disease of Italian patients with OLP, and suggests that HCV could be involved in the pathogenesis of OLP.
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- M Carrozzo
- Department of Oral Medicine and Periodontology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Turin, Italy
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Neville BW, Coleman PJ, Richardson MS. Verruciform xanthoma associated with an intraoral warty dyskeratoma. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 1996; 81:3-4. [PMID: 8850474 DOI: 10.1016/s1079-2104(96)80138-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Lespinasse J, Bourrain JL, Blanc M. [Congenital dyskeratosis or Zinsser-Cole-Engman dyskeratosis. A probable female case]. Presse Med 1995; 24:1047. [PMID: 7667234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) is increasingly recognised as a complication of long-term immunosuppression and has been particularly studied in renal transplant recipients (RTR). A population study of renal transplant recipients has been performed with analysis of those features contributing to a high rate of detection of NMSC, such that 40% patients with fair skin have NMSC 5 years after transplantation. 90% of the total patient population have warts 5 years after transplantation, many being atypical and in sun-exposed sites. Therefore, contributory factors in these patients include not only the global immunosuppression, ultraviolet radiation (UVR)-induced mutagenesis and photoimmunosuppression, but also the widespread presence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, including the unusual epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV)-associated cutaneous oncogenic HPV.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Aged
- Carcinoma in Situ/epidemiology
- Carcinoma in Situ/etiology
- Carcinoma in Situ/immunology
- Carcinoma in Situ/therapy
- Carcinoma in Situ/virology
- Carcinoma, Basal Cell/epidemiology
- Carcinoma, Basal Cell/etiology
- Carcinoma, Basal Cell/pathology
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/epidemiology
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/etiology
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/pathology
- Cocarcinogenesis
- Epidermis/pathology
- Epidermis/radiation effects
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Genital Neoplasms, Female/epidemiology
- Genital Neoplasms, Female/etiology
- Genital Neoplasms, Male/epidemiology
- Genital Neoplasms, Male/etiology
- Humans
- Immunocompromised Host
- Immunosuppression Therapy/adverse effects
- Kidney Failure, Chronic/complications
- Kidney Failure, Chronic/surgery
- Kidney Transplantation
- Leukoplakia, Oral/complications
- Leukoplakia, Oral/epidemiology
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mouth Neoplasms/epidemiology
- Mouth Neoplasms/etiology
- Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced/epidemiology
- Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced/etiology
- Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced/pathology
- Occupational Exposure
- Papillomaviridae/isolation & purification
- Papillomaviridae/pathogenicity
- Papillomavirus Infections/complications
- Papillomavirus Infections/epidemiology
- Postoperative Complications/epidemiology
- Postoperative Complications/etiology
- Postoperative Complications/pathology
- Prevalence
- Risk Factors
- Skin Diseases/epidemiology
- Skin Diseases/etiology
- Skin Diseases/pathology
- Skin Neoplasms/epidemiology
- Skin Neoplasms/etiology
- Skin Neoplasms/pathology
- Sunlight/adverse effects
- Tumor Virus Infections/complications
- Tumor Virus Infections/epidemiology
- Ultraviolet Rays/adverse effects
- Warts/epidemiology
- Warts/etiology
- Warts/pathology
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- I M Leigh
- Department of Dermatology, Royal London Hospital Trust, UK
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Rossmann JA, Brown RS, Hays GL, Lusk SS. Carbon dioxide laser surgical therapy for the management of oral leukoplakia: a case report. Tex Dent J 1994; 111:17-21. [PMID: 8633283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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- J A Rossmann
- DEpartment of Stomatology, University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center, Dental Branch, USA
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A case of Noonan's syndrome is presented. In addition to the typical manifestations of the disease, widespread leucokeratosis of the lips and gingiva appeared to be a prominent feature.
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- G P Lucker
- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Ellis A, Field JK, Field EA, Friedmann PS, Fryer A, Howard P, Leigh IM, Risk J, Shaw JM, Whittaker J. Tylosis associated with carcinoma of the oesophagus and oral leukoplakia in a large Liverpool family--a review of six generations. Eur J Cancer B Oral Oncol 1994; 30B:102-12. [PMID: 8032299 DOI: 10.1016/0964-1955(94)90061-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- A Ellis
- Department of Gastroenterology, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool, U.K
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