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Case report of rapidly progressive proliferative verrucous leukoplakia and a proposal for aetiology in mainland China.
- Source :
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World journal of surgical oncology [World J Surg Oncol] 2011 Feb 27; Vol. 9, pp. 26. Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 Feb 27. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia (PVL) is a rare oral leukoplakia and has four features such as chronic proliferation, multiple occurrences, refractoriness to treatment and high rate of malignant transformation. As mentioned above, most PVL cases processed to malignancy over many years, sometimes 20 years. However, this report described a case of rapid progress, which had malignant transformation in a short period. Additionally, the aetiology of PVL was discussed and immunity was proposed as the possible cause.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1477-7819
- Volume :
- 9
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- World journal of surgical oncology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 21352571
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-9-26