Verrucous oral lesions

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Author: Mikael Häggström [note 1]

Verrucous hyperplasia.

Verrucous oral lesions have hypergranulosis and/or hyperkeratosis as the most conspicuous finding.

Microscopic evaluation

Look for signs of koilocyte-like changes, which may indicate verrucous squamous cell carcinoma, and which typically only has low atypia:[1]

Verrucous squamous cell carcinoma (images are from penis).

If uncertain, perform immunohistochemistry for Ki67 and p53.

Notes

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References

  1. Initially copied from: Paolino, Giovanni; Donati, Michele; Didona, Dario; Mercuri, Santo; Cantisani, Carmen (2017). "Histology of Non-Melanoma Skin Cancers: An Update ". Biomedicines 5 (4): 71. doi:10.3390/biomedicines5040071. ISSN 2227-9059. 
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