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Sublingual keratosis and malignant transformation
Author(s) -
Pogrel M. A.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of oral pathology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.887
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1600-0714
pISSN - 0904-2512
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0714.1979.tb01824.x
Subject(s) - keratosis , dermatology , malignant transformation , actinic keratosis , medicine , transformation (genetics) , pathology , biology , basal cell , biochemistry , gene
. In a follow‐up study on a small number of cases of sublingual keratosis, a 16% malignant transformation was noted. This confirms recent studies which have pointed out the risk of malignant change in these lesions.