Verrucous carcinoma with oral sub-mucous fibrosis: An uncommon occurrence

Harsha Popli; Sunil Kumar

Verrucous carcinoma with oral sub-mucous fibrosis: An uncommon occurrence

AUTHOR(S): Harsha Popli and Sunil Kumar

ABSTRACT:Verrucous carcinoma is a warty variant of squamous cell carcinoma showing exophytic and fungating growth. Oral submucous fibrosis is a chronic, potentially malignant condition and shows a 4.5% malignant transformation rate to squamous cell carcinoma. Transformation of verrucous carcinoma from OSMF is a rare occurrence and needs to be documented for creating awareness amongst clinicians for its early surveillance.

The present report documents a case of verrucous carcinoma arising from OSMF in a 35 year old male, an uncommon combination.

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