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Oral leukoplakia in mouth both cheeks
History of smoking and tobacco chewing
White patches on both cheeks inside mouth
Biopsy of left cheek hyperplastic squamous epithelium no dysplasia and malignancy seen Does this report mean leukoplakia Is this condition pre cancer.will it turn into cancer.
I have stopped all habits can this condition be reversed.
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Leukoplakia is definitely pre cancerous.
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Good.. It should reverse to normal after some time.
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Yes.. the clinical picture is suggestive of leukoplakia and should be addressed by LASER excision of any suspicious areas
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