Department of Oral Diagnosis, Oral Pathology Section, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, São Paulo State, Brazil.
Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal. 2010 Sep 1;15(5):e704-8.
Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia (PVL) is an aggressive form of oral leukoplakia with multifocal presentation, high rates of recurrence and malignant transformation. Although development of regional lymph node metastasis is relatively frequent in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma, axillary metastasis is quite uncommon. This paper presents a case of a 64-year-old female patient who was diagnosed with PVL and developed five oral squamous cell carcinomas and later an axillary lymph node metastasis.
增殖性疣状白斑(PVL)是一种具有多灶性表现、高复发率和恶性转化倾向的侵袭性口腔白斑病。虽然口腔鳞状细胞癌患者发生区域淋巴结转移较为常见,但腋窝转移却相当罕见。本文报告了一例 64 岁女性患者,该患者被诊断为 PVL,并先后发展出 5 个口腔鳞状细胞癌,随后发生了腋窝淋巴结转移。