
A case report of fordyce granules with leukoplakia: Ectopia with leukoplakia
Author(s) -
Kavina Sundararajan,
Twinkle Josy,
Mathew Jacob
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of academy of dental education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2348-2621
pISSN - 2348-1595
DOI - 10.25259/jade_11_2021
Subject(s) - leukoplakia , medicine , dermatology , oral leukoplakia , oral cavity , disease , lesion , pathology , cancer , dentistry
Leukoplakia is a potentially malignant disorder that clinically presents as white lesion that cannot be scrapped off. It is associated with the habit of tobacco use, however, other factors have also to shown increase the risk of occurrence. Fordyce granules are not a disease per se but does appear as yellow spots in the oral cavity which can be easily identified clinically. The present article reports an interesting case of a patient with Leukoplakia and Fordyce granules underlying the white patch which was muffled in clinical examination and evident in histological diagnosis.