Proliferative Verrucous Leukoplakia and Verrucous Carcinoma-A Hybrid Epithelial Tumour Savita J.K.1,,*, Yathindra B.N. Kumar2, Varsha V.K.2, Girish H.C.3 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. Top Keywords Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia, Verrucous carcinoma, Hybrid, Oral cancer, Oral leukoplakia, Erythematous, Florid oral papillomatosis. Top |