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Oral leukoplakia - is biopsy at the initial appointment a must?

Mutalik S 1 , Mutalik VS 1 , Pai KM 2 , Naikmasur VG 3 , Phaik KS 4

Affiliations 

  • 1 Lecturer, Division of Oral Diagnostic Sciences, School of Dentistry, International Medical University , Jalan Jalil Perkasa, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 Professor and Head, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, MCODS , Manipal, India
  • 3 Professor and Head, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, SDM college of dental sciences , Dharwad, India
  • 4 Professor and Associate Dean, Division of Oral Diagnostic Sciences, International Medical University , Malaysia
J Clin Diagn Res, 2014 Aug;8(8):ZC04-7.
PMID: 25302256 DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2014/8717.4659

Abstract

Oral leukoplakia is a potentially malignant disorder of the oral cavity. Leukoplakias with chances of undergoing malignant transformation owing to the presence of dysplastic changes may not be clinically distinguishable from leukoplakias without dysplasia. The study was carried out to evaluate the usefulness of biopsy in assessing the clinico-pathologic correlations of oral leukoplakia at the patient's initial visit.

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