loading...| Preferred Name |
Oral leukoplakia |
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| Synonyms |
Oral leukokeratosis Oral white plaque Oral white patch Oral leucoplakia Oral idiopathic keratosis Oral idiopathic white patch Oral leukoplasia leukokeratosis Oral idiopathic leukoplakia |
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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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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0002745 |
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| comment |
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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| database_cross_reference |
MSH:D007972 MSH:D007971 SNOMEDCT_US:414603003 UMLS:C0023532 UMLS:C1704317 SNOMEDCT_US:9187004 |
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| definition |
A thickened white patch on the oral mucosa that cannot be rubbed off. |
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| has exact synonym |
Oral leukokeratosis Oral white plaque Oral white patch Oral leucoplakia Oral idiopathic keratosis Oral idiopathic white patch Oral leukoplasia leukokeratosis Oral idiopathic leukoplakia |
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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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