Suarez P, Batsakis J G, el-Naggar A K
Department of Stomatology, University of Texas Dental Branch, Houston 77030-3402, USA.
Adv Anat Pathol. 1998 May;5(3):137-55.
Leukoplakia as a medical term has been encumbered by a hodgepodge of synonyms and interpretations. It also has been a term associated with strong emotions with respect to an implied malignant potential. It now is regarded as potentially malignant, with varying degrees of risk for transformation. Leukoplakia at its major anatomic site of occurrence, the oral cavity, recently has been redefined, classified, and staged as a preamble to a more rational approach to the clinicopathologic study of leukoplakia. These changes are presented, as are current assessments of proliferative verrucous leukoplakia, verrucous hyperplasia, palatal white lesions, effects of smokeless tobacco on the oral mucosa, hairy leukoplakia, and lichen planus.
作为一个医学术语，白斑病一直被一堆同义词和解释所困扰。它也是一个与潜在恶性相关的强烈情感联系在一起的术语。现在它被认为具有潜在恶性，有不同程度的恶变风险。白斑病主要发生的解剖部位是口腔，最近已被重新定义、分类和分期，作为对白班病临床病理研究采取更合理方法的前奏。本文介绍了这些变化，以及目前对增殖性疣状白斑、疣状增生、腭部白色病变、无烟烟草对口腔黏膜的影响、毛状白斑和扁平苔藓的评估。
