Verruciform xanthoma occurring within oral lichen planus |
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| Authors: | Youji Miyamoto Masaru Nagayama Yoshio Hayashi |
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| Affiliation: | First Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan;Department of Oral Pathology, School of Dentistry, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan |
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| Abstract: | A verruciform xanthoma occurring within lichen planus on the lateral aspect of the tongue in a 68-year-old Japanese woman is reported. The features suggest that the condition of altered epithelial turnover, as in repeated epithelial desquamation, may cause the verruciform xanthoma. |
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| Keywords: | lichen planus oral mucosa verruciform xanthoma |
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