Neoplastic Process
oral leukoplakia
o·ral leu·ko·pla·ki·a [ awr-uhl, ohr- loo-kuh-pley-kee-uh ]
Subclass of:
Mouth Neoplasms;
Leukoplakia
Definitions related to leukoplakia, oral:
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(oral leukoplakia) A thickened white patch on the oral mucosa that cannot be rubbed off.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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(oral leukoplakia) A white patch or plaque on the oral mucosa that cannot be characterized clinically or pathologically as any other disease. The diagnosis of leukoplakia is one of exclusion; other conditions such as candidiasis, lichen planus, leukoedema, etc., must be ruled out before a diagnosis of leukoplakia can be made. Leukoplakia may be a premalignant condition.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(oral leukoplakia) White patch seen on the oral mucosa; considered a premalignant condition and is often tobacco-induced.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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A white patch seen on the oral mucosa. It is considered a premalignant condition and is often tobacco-induced. When evidence of Epstein-Barr virus is present, the condition is called hairy leukoplakia (LEUKOPLAKIA, HAIRY).NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Oral leukoplakia (OL) is a white patch or plaque that cannot be rubbed off, cannot be characterized clinically or histologically as any other condition, and is not associated with any physical or chemical causative agent except tobacco. Therefore, a process of exclusion establishes the diagnosis of the disease.WebMD, 2019
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Oral leukoplakia describes a white plaque that does not rub off and cannot be characterized as any other condition. Though it may occur in any part of the mouth, it generally affects the tongue, gums, and inner cheek. Physicians will usually biopsy oral leukoplakia lesions as 20-40% of cases are precancerous or cancerous at the time of...National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
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Oral leukoplakia, as traditionally defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), is a predominantly white lesion of the oral mucosa that cannot be characterized as any other definable lesion. Leukoplakia is often associated with tobacco smoking, although idiopathic forms are not rare. An international working group has amended the...Athenahealth, Inc., 2019
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