Indian Journal of Mednodent and Allied Sciences
Open Access
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 2

Proliferative Verrucous Leukoplakia and Verrucous Carcinoma-A Hybrid Epithelial Tumour

1Reader, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Rajarajeswari Dental College and Hospital, No 14, Ramohally Cross, Kumbalgodu, Mysore Road, Bangalore-560060, Karnataka, India

2Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Rajarajeswari Dental College and Hospital, No 14, Ramohally Cross, Kumbalgodu, Mysore Road, Bangalore-560060, Karnataka, India

3Professor and Head, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Rajarajeswari Dental College and Hospital, No 14, Ramohally Cross, Kumbalgodu, Mysore Road, Bangalore-560060, Karnataka, India

*Corresponding author email id: savijangal@hotmail.com

Online published on 16 October, 2015.

Abstract

White lesions are relatively frequent in the oral cavity with a prevalence of approximately 24.8%. Among them is oral leukoplakia with a prevalence rate of 0.2–3.6%. There were various debates about the verrucous carcinoma and PVL (proliferative verrucous leukoplakia) being different entities or a part of spectrum at different stages of the disease process. In this article we are reporting a case with coexistence of two different histological features in the form of verrucous carcinoma and PVL of oral cavity with a need to throw some light to understand the pathogenesis of premalignant lesions.

Keywords

Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia, Verrucous carcinoma, Hybrid, Oral cancer, Oral leukoplakia, Erythematous, Florid oral papillomatosis