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Oral Erythroplakia

Aka: Oral Erythroplakia, Erythroplakia, Speckled Leukoplakia

See Also
1. Oral Growth
2. Leukoplakia
Epidemiology
1. Less common than Leukoplakia
2. More predictive of neoplasm than Leukoplakia
  1. 90% of early carcinomas appear as Erythroplakia
Signs: Erythematous counterpart to Leukoplakia
1. Red, velvet-like lesion
2. Speckled Leukoplakia may also be present
  1. White patches on periphery of Erythroplakia
Differential Diagnosis
1. Epithelial dysplasia
2. Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Management
1. Biopsy if persists >2 weeks
Prevention
1. Tobacco Cessation
2. Alcohol cessation
References
1. Weinberg (2002) Am Fam Physician 65:1379-86

Erythroplasia (C0014818)
Definition (NCI)	An abnormal patch of red tissue that forms on mucous membranes in the mouth and may become cancer. Tobacco (smoking and chewing) and alcohol may increase the risk of erythroplakia.
Definition (MSH)	A condition of the mucous membrane characterized by erythematous papular lesions. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Concepts	Disease or Syndrome (T047)
MSH	D004919
ICD10	D00-D09
SnomedCT	71379006, 189208007
English	Erythroplasia, Erythroplasias, Erythroplakia, NOS, Erythroplasia, NOS, erythroplakia, erythroplasia, Erythroplasia [Disease/Finding], Erythroplakia, Erythroplakia (morphologic abnormality)
Japanese	紅色肥厚症, ｺｳｼｮｸﾋｺｳｼｮｳ
Swedish	Erytroplasi
Czech	erytroplazie, Erytroplazie
Spanish	Erythroplasia, eritroplaquia, eritroplasia (anomalía morfológica), eritroplasia, Eritrodisplasia, Eritroplasia
Finnish	Erytroplasia
Russian	ERITROPLAZIIA, ЭРИТРОПЛАЗИЯ
Polish	Erytroplazja
Hungarian	Erythroplasia
Dutch	erythroplasie, Erytroplasie
French	Érythroplasie, Érythroplasie de Queyrat, Maladie de Queyrat
German	Erythroplasie
Italian	Eritroplasia
Portuguese	Eritroplasia
Sources	Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)