Other potential lesions must be ruled out before a diagnosis of leukoplakia can be justified. Sometimes, leukoplakia is considered a precancerous or premalignant lesion, and it usually affects people ...

A 76-year-old woman presents for evaluation of a bothersome lesion of her left buccal mucosa. She neither smokes nor drinks alcohol. The growth was first noted approximately 2 weeks ago and is ...

Diagnosis of Gardner syndrome early in life is imperative so the patient can have a prophylactic colectomy and ­siblings can be evaluated for the disease. The prognosis of amyloidosis depends on which ...

Lesions and lumps often appear in the mouth, but many of them are benign. While some may need to be removed, many don’t require any treatment at all. Benign oral cavity tumors are essentially ...