Objectives: To assess histopathological characteristics of oral leukoplakia among snuff users and non-users. Material methods: The descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at different hospitals in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. consisted 60 cases which 30 were non-users features assessed both groups. SPSS 20 used for the evaluation analysis data. Results: observed mean age 50.3 years. In users, 56...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Oral leukoplakia (OL) is a common premalignant lesion. The possible benefits of specific interventions in preventing a malignant transformation of OL are not well understood. This review assesses different invasive treatment techniques for OL and evaluate the optimal treatment possibilities.METHODS: A Medline (PubMed) search was conducted and heterogeneity between the studie...

introduction: definitive treatment of oral leukoplakia is very important because of its recurrences and malignant transformation depending on the location, clinical feature,degree of dysplasia and etiological factors. there are different kinds of treatment for this lesion, but using high power laser has some advantages like less pain, swelling, prevention of metastasis, edema, less bleeding (dr...

Spindle cell carcinoma (SpCC), a variant of squamous cell carcinoma, is a biphasic malignant neoplasm that occurs mainly in the upper aerodigestive tract. It is uncommon in oral cavity, accounting for <1% of all tumors in oral cavity. Furthermore, it is uncommon for oral potentially malignant disorders such as leukoplakia to undergo transformation into SpCC. In this paper, we are reporting a ca...

Dyskeratosis Congenita (DKC) is a rare progressive bone marrow disorder associated with multi-systemic involvement. It is also characterized by triad of abnormal skin pigmentation, nail dystrophy and mucosal leukoplakia. Liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension are said to be uncommon among these patients. We hereby report a case of an adult male who presented with pancytopenia, abnormal skin pi...