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Verruciform xanthoma occurring within oral lichen planus
Author(s) -
Miyamoto Youji,
Nagayama Masaru,
Hayashi Yoshio
Publication year - 1996
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.1600-0714.1996.tb00218.x
Subject(s) - desquamation , xanthoma , tongue , dermatology , medicine , pathology , oral lichen planus
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.