National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Oral Leukoplakia

Synonyms

Oral Keratosis

Leukokeratosis of Oral Mucosa

Leukoplakia of the Oral Mucosa

Leukoplakia of Oral Mucosa

Oral Leukoplakia

Oral Keratoses

Definitions

A white patch or plaque on the oral mucosa that cannot be characterized clinically or pathologically as any other disease. The diagnosis of leukoplakia is one of exclusion; other conditions such as candidiasis, lichen planus, leukoedema, etc., must be ruled out before a diagnosis of leukoplakia can be made. Leukoplakia may be a premalignant condition.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C3187

code

C3187

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C116977

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C192842

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C118168

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C165258

Contributing_Source

Cellosaurus

CTRP

DEFINITION

A white patch or plaque on the oral mucosa that cannot be characterized clinically or pathologically as any other disease. The diagnosis of leukoplakia is one of exclusion; other conditions such as candidiasis, lichen planus, leukoedema, etc., must be ruled out before a diagnosis of leukoplakia can be made. Leukoplakia may be a premalignant condition.

Display_Name

Oral Leukoplakia

FULL_SYN

Oral Keratosis

Leukokeratosis of Oral Mucosa

Leukoplakia of the Oral Mucosa

Leukoplakia of Oral Mucosa

Oral Leukoplakia

Oral Keratoses

label

Oral Leukoplakia

Legacy Concept Name

Oral_Leukoplakia

Preferred_Name

Oral Leukoplakia

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C3187

Semantic_Type

Disease or Syndrome

UMLS_CUI

C0023532

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C3186

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C7425

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