BILATERAL SMOKERS MELANOSIS – RARE SITE OF OCCURRENCE IN AN EDENTULOUS PATIENT – A CASE REPORT
Keywords:
tobacco, melanocyte, melanin, cigarette filter, keratinization
Abstract
Tobacco smoking besides being a cause of lung and oral cancer is also associated with certain benign lesions of the oral mucosa that needs to be differentiated to rule out oral cancer. Smoker’s melanosis is one such benign lesion that is usually associated with hyperpigmentation of attached gingiva and labial mucosa. However, in completely edentulous patients the pattern of smoking differs from those in dentulous patients. This article presents a rare occurrence of such lesions on the soft palate and adjacent buccal mucosa. The difference in smoking patterns is also discussed.
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Mattoo K, Singh M, Arora P. BILATERAL SMOKERS MELANOSIS – RARE SITE OF OCCURRENCE IN AN EDENTULOUS PATIENT – A CASE REPORT. Med. res. chronicles [Internet]. 2014Dec.24 [cited 2024Nov.24];1(2):97-101. Available from: https://medrech.com/index.php/medrech/article/view/15
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