Ghosh Snehashish, Dhungel Safal, Sk Indu Bharkavi
Dept. of Oral Pathology, College of Medical Sciences, Bharatpur, Nepal.
Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Medical Sciences, Bharatpur, Nepal.
Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2023 Dec;75(4):4012-4015. doi: 10.1007/s12070-023-04050-3. Epub 2023 Jul 1.
White sponge nevus (WSN) is a hereditary mucosal defect that primarily affects the oral mucosa, presenting with asymptomatic velvety, corrugated hyperkeratotic white plaques that do not disappear on stretching the mucosa. In this case report, we present a non-familial case of a WSN occurring in the tongue in a middle-aged female, which was misdiagnosed as verrucous leukoplakia.
白色海绵状痣(WSN)是一种遗传性黏膜缺陷,主要累及口腔黏膜,表现为无症状的天鹅绒样、有皱纹的角化过度白色斑块,黏膜拉伸时不消失。在本病例报告中,我们呈现了一例发生在中年女性舌部的非家族性白色海绵状痣病例,该病例曾被误诊为疣状白斑。