Pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia (PEH) is a histopathological reaction pattern to various stimuli, which includes trauma, infection, inflammation, neoplasia. It is seen as tongue like epithelial proliferation invading the connective tissue and should not be mistaken for squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). This review enlists oral lesions which exhibit PEH with a note on how to differentiate SCC fro...

BACKGROUND/AIMS To investigate the necessity of examining the entire cervix in hysterectomy specimens from women with a previous history of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) or dyskaryosis. METHODS The overall frequency with which squamous CIN was encountered in hysterectomy specimens of women with a previous diagnosis of squamous CIN or dyskaryosis was calculated in a sample of 71 wom...

The classic model of cervical cancer prevention-primary screening with cytology, followed by diagnostic colposcopically directed biopsy, and finally treatment of cancer precursors-is undergoing dynamic change. The introduction of human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA testing and other new modalities provides more options but increases complexity in the sequence of screening, triage, diagnosis, and pat...

▼ BENIGN “VIRUS-INDUCED” TUMORS (ORAL SQUAMOUS PAPILLOMAS AND WARTS) ▼ SYNDROMES WITH BENIGN ORAL NEOPLASTIC OR HAMARTOMATOUS COMPONENTS Von Recklinghausen’s Neurofibromatosis Gardner’s Syndrome Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type III (Multiple Mucosal Neuroma Syndrome) Tuberous Sclerosis Acanthosis Nigricans Albright’s Syndrome Paget’s ...

Probably the greatest challenge to those managing patients with oral diseases is the dilemma of attempting to predict which oral erythroplakias, leukoplakias, lichenoid and other potentially malignant mucosal disease (PMD) such as oral submucous fibrosis will progress to neoplasia--notably oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). The paper reviews progress over the past decade and the application t...