loading...| Preferred Name |
Oral leukoplakia |
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| Synonyms |
Oral idiopathic white patch Oral white patch Oral idiopathic leukoplakia Oral idiopathic keratosis Oral leucoplakia Oral leukokeratosis Oral white plaque leukokeratosis Oral leukoplasia |
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| Definitions |
The definition of oral leukoplakia states that the lesion be characterized clinically or histologically as any other condition, and is not associated with any physical or chemical causative agent except tobacco. Leukoplakia is a precancerous lesion, i.e. a morphologically altered tissue in which cancer is more likely to occur than in its apparently normal counterpart. A thickened white patch on the oral mucosa that cannot be rubbed off. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0002745 |
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The definition of oral leukoplakia states that the lesion be characterized clinically or histologically as any other condition, and is not associated with any physical or chemical causative agent except tobacco. Leukoplakia is a precancerous lesion, i.e. a morphologically altered tissue in which cancer is more likely to occur than in its apparently normal counterpart. |
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SNOMEDCT_US:414603003 UMLS:C0023532 SNOMEDCT_US:9187004 MSH:D007971 MSH:D007972 UMLS:C1704317 |
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| definition |
A thickened white patch on the oral mucosa that cannot be rubbed off. |
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Oral idiopathic white patch Oral white patch Oral idiopathic leukoplakia Oral idiopathic keratosis Oral leucoplakia Oral leukokeratosis Oral white plaque leukokeratosis Oral leukoplasia |
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human_phenotype |
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| id |
HP:0002745 |
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| label |
Oral leukoplakia |
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| notation |
HP:0002745 |
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| prefLabel |
Oral leukoplakia |
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