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Systematic Assessment of Mammalian Skull Specimens for Dental and Temporomandibular Joint Pathology
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Oral verrucous Carcinoma on mandibular right alveolar region
Ranjjith Ravichandar1, Sivasankari Thirunavukarasu2, Jagat Reddy1
1Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Sri Balaji Vidyaapeeth (Deemed to be University), Indira Gandhi Institute of Dental Sciences, Pondicherry, India.
Abstract:
Verrucous carcinoma, a low-grade variant of squamous cell carcinoma, defined as a diagnostically squamous cell neoplasia involving lip, oropharyngeal, and laryngeal mucosa and named as 'Ackerman's tumour' by Ackerman in 1948. It usually occurs in the lower lip region and this is one such case in which a painful proliferative growth was evident over the right alveolar region for the period of 8 months. Radiological investigations, biopsies were performed followed by surgical excision of the lesion.
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