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Oral GrowthAka: Oral Tumor

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  1. Pre-malignant lesions
    1. Leukoplakia
    2. Erythroplakia
    3. Spotted Leukoplakia
  2. Benign
    1. Fibroma, Hemangioma, Papilloma
      1. Can occur anywhere in oral cavity
      2. Excise if symptomatic
    2. Exostoses: Torus palatinus
      1. Bony growth of Hard Palate
      2. Surgery only if prosthetic device needed
  3. Malignant
    1. Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma
    2. Salivary Gland Adenocarcinoma
    3. Oral Melanoma (rare)
  4. Management
    1. Biopsy any suspicious lesion present 2 weeks or more
  5. References
    1. Diaz in Noble (2001) Primary Care Medicine, p. 1757
    2. Weinberg (2002) Am Fam Physician 65(7):1379

Mouth Neoplasms (C0026640)

Definition (MSH)Tumors or cancer of the MOUTH.
Definition (CSP)new abnormal tissue of the mouth that grows by excessive cellular division and proliferation more rapidly than normal and continues to grow after the stimuli that initiated the new growth cease.
Definition (NCI)A benign or malignant tumor involving the oral cavity and/or the lips. -- 2003
ConceptsNeoplastic Process (T191)
EnglishLip and Oral Cavity Neoplasm, Lip and Oral Cavity Tumor, Lip and Oral Cavity Tumour, MOUTH NEOPL, MOUTH NEOPLASIA, Mouth Neoplasm, Mouth Neoplasms, Mouth Tumor, mouth tumor or cancer, NEOPL MOUTH, NEOPL ORAL, NEOPLASM MOUTH, Neoplasm of mouth, Oral Cavity Neoplasm, Oral Cavity Tumor, ORAL NEOPL, Oral Neoplasm, Oral Neoplasms, Oral Tumor, Tumor of mouth, Tumor of oral cavity, Tumour of mouth, Tumour of oral cavity
Spanishneoplasia de la boca, tumor en la boca, tumor en la cavidad bucal
CreditsDerived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)



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