Sook-Bin Woo1, Rebecca L Grammer2, Mark A Lerman3. 1. Associate Professor, Department of Oral Medicine, Infection, and Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA; Associate Pathologist, StrataDx, Lexington, MA, USA; Attending Dentist, Division of Oral Medicine and Dentistry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. 2. Resident in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. 3. Associate Professor, Department of Oral Pathology, Oral Medicine, and Craniofacial Pain, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: Mark.Lerman@tufts.edu.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The objectives were to (1) determine the frequency of specific diagnoses in a series of white lesions, and (2) describe the nature of keratotic lesions that are neither reactive nor dysplastic. STUDY DESIGN: White lesions were analyzed and diagnosed as reactive keratoses, dysplastic/malignant, or keratoses of unknown significance (KUS). RESULTS: Of the 1251 specimens that were evaluated, 703 met criteria for inclusion, and approximately 75% were reactive, 10% dysplastic/malignant, and 14% KUS. Excluding reactive keratoses, 43% were dysplastic/malignant and 57% were KUS. CONCLUSIONS: Reactive keratoses were the most common white lesions followed by lichen planus. Dysplastic/malignant lesions constituted almost 50% of all true leukoplakias. KUS constituted the remaining cases and do not show typical reactive histopathology as well as clear dysplasia. They may represent evolving or devolving reactive keratoses but may also represent the very earliest dysplasia phenotype. Clinical findings may be helpful in differentiating the two.
OBJECTIVE: The objectives were to (1) determine the frequency of specific diagnoses in a series of white lesions, and (2) describe the nature of keratotic lesions that are neither reactive nor dysplastic. STUDY DESIGN:White lesions were analyzed and diagnosed as reactive keratoses, dysplastic/malignant, or keratoses of unknown significance (KUS). RESULTS: Of the 1251 specimens that were evaluated, 703 met criteria for inclusion, and approximately 75% were reactive, 10% dysplastic/malignant, and 14% KUS. Excluding reactive keratoses, 43% were dysplastic/malignant and 57% were KUS. CONCLUSIONS: Reactive keratoses were the most common white lesions followed by lichen planus. Dysplastic/malignant lesions constituted almost 50% of all true leukoplakias. KUS constituted the remaining cases and do not show typical reactive histopathology as well as clear dysplasia. They may represent evolving or devolving reactive keratoses but may also represent the very earliest dysplasia phenotype. Clinical findings may be helpful in differentiating the two.
Authors: Lester D R Thompson; Sarah G Fitzpatrick; Susan Müller; Ellen Eisenberg; Jasbir D Upadhyaya; Mark W Lingen; Nadarajah Vigneswaran; Sook-Bin Woo; Indraneel Bhattacharyya; Elizabeth A Bilodeau; Roman Carlos; Mohammed N Islam; Marino E Leon; James S Lewis; Kelly R Magliocca; Haresh Mani; Mitra Mehrad; Bibianna Purgina; Mary Richardson; Bruce M Wenig; Donald M Cohen Journal: Head Neck Pathol Date: 2021-01-07
Authors: Dorina Lauritano; Alberta Lucchese; Federica Gabrione; Dario Di Stasio; Javier Silvestre Rangil; Francesco Carinci Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2019-01-13 Impact factor: 3.390