Oral verrucous carcinoma: report of two cases and review of literature.
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1993Author
Awange David O.
Onyango John F.
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Verrucous carcinoma is a rare and distinct pathological and clinical variant of well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. Two case reports of histologically proven oral verrucous carcinoma are presented. One case presented with a history of tobacco chewing, snuff taking and miraa chewing. While the relationship between tobacco chewing or snuff dipping and verrucous carcinoma has been investigated and described, the role played by miraa chewing is still unknown and thus requires further study. Both cases were successfully managed by only conservative surgical excision. No radiotherapy was used. Clinical and histo-pathological examination of verrucous carcinoma is therefore very important in its diagnosis and treatment planning
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http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/16862http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7905820
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East Afr Med J. 1993 May;70(5):316-8Publisher
Department of Dental Surgery, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya.
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