ERYTHROPLAKIA Flashcards
1
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CONCEPT
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- PRE-MALIGNANT RED PAT H CAN NOT BE CLINICALLY /PATHOLOGICALLY CHARACTERIZED AS ANY OTHER DISEASE
- LESS COMMON THAN LEUKOPLAKIA/MUCH GREATER POTENTIAL TO BE SEVERELY DYSLPLASTIC
2
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CLINICALLY
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WELL DEMARCATED AND FIERY RED WITH A SMOOTH VELVETY SURFACE
3
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PATIENTS
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50-70 YEARS/NO GENDER PREDILECTION
4
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COMPARATIVE
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- PROLIFERATIVE VERRUCOUS LEUKOPLAKIA (PVL) HA HIGHER MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION POTENTIAL THAN ERYTHROPLAKIA*
5
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INTRAORALLY PLACES
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FLOOR MOUTH, TONGUE, SOFT PALATE (MULTIPLE LESIONS)
6
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SYMPTOMES
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ASYMPTOMATIC/MAY ASSOCIATED WITH ADJACENT LEUKOPLAKIA (ERYTHROLEUKOPLAKIA)
7
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EPITHELIUM
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LACK OF KERATIN PRODUCTION/ATROPHIC
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HISTOLOGICALLY
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90% SEVERE DISPLASIA, CARCINOMA IN SITU, INVASIVE SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA
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TREATMENT
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BASED DEGREE DYSPLASIA/USUALLY EXCISION WITH LONG FOLLOW UP
