Open AccessCarcinoma arising in the background of oral submucous fibrosis
Author(s) -
Shruthi Rangaswamy,
Rajkumar Garudanahally Chikkalingaiah,
Priya N Sanjeevarayappa,
Poornima Govindraju
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
annals of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 6
ISSN - 2231-0746
DOI - 10.4103/ams.ams_280_18
Subject(s) - medicine , oral submucous fibrosis , grading (engineering) , smokeless tobacco , basal cell , carcinoma , pathology , lesion , malignant transformation , fibrosis , tobacco use , population , civil engineering , environmental health , engineering
Oral submucous fibrosis is a chronic debilitating condition with potential for malignant transformation. Squamous cell carcinoma arising from a background of oral submucous fibrosis presents clinically as a distinct disease due to different etiopathogenesis.