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Oral cancer, also known as oral cavity cancer, tongue cancer or mouth cancer, is a cancer of the lining of the lips, mouth, or upper throat. [6] In the mouth, it most commonly starts as a painless red or white patch , that thickens, gets ulcerated and continues to grow.
Oral cancers are usually painless in the initial stages or may appear like an ulcer. Causes of oral cancer include smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, exposure to sunlight (lip cancer), chewing tobacco, infection with human papillomavirus, and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. [29] The earlier the oral cancer is diagnosed, the better ...
Oral leukoplakia is a potentially malignant disorder affecting the oral mucosa. It is defined as "essentially an oral mucosal white/gray lesion that cannot be considered as any other definable lesion." Oral leukoplakia is a gray patch or plaque that develops in the oral cavity and is strongly associated with smoking. [8]
White lesions indicate hyperkeratosis. [7] Red, erosive or ulcerative lesions indicate atrophy, loss of epithelium and inflammation. [7] Early, acute lesions may be erythematous (red) and edematous (swollen). [2] With months and years of sun exposure, the lesion becomes chronic and may be grey-white in color and appear dry, scaly and wrinkled. [2]
This is a shortened version of the second chapter of the ICD-9: Neoplasms.It covers ICD codes 140 to 239.The full chapter can be found on pages 101 to 144 of Volume 1, which contains all (sub)categories of the ICD-9.
Usually this lesion is reversible if the tobacco habit is stopped completely, [6] even after many years of use. [1] In one report, 98% of lesions disappeared within 2 weeks of stopping tobacco use. [3] The risk of the lesion developing into oral cancer (generally squamous cell carcinoma [6] and its variant verrucous carcinoma) [1] is relatively ...
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The first lesion was removed, but at age 5.5, post-surgical follow-ups revealed a new lesion accompanied by mild swelling. This lesion as well as a lesion that appeared at 8 years of age were determined to be a benign cementoma. Each lesion was removed and the boy showed evidence of no further reoccurrence after three post-surgery follow-ups. [3]