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Stomatognathic Diseases > Mouth Diseases > Leukoedema, Oral

Preferred term

Leukoedema, Oral  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Note

  • disord of buccal mucosa

Scope note

  • A disorder of the buccal mucosa resembling early leukoplakia, characterized by the presence of filmy opalescence of the mucosa in the early stages to a whitish gray cast with a coarsely wrinkled surface in the later stages, associated with intracellular edema of the spinous or malpighian layer. (Dorland, 27th ed)

History note

  • 91(72); was see under MOUTH DISEASES 1972-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007967

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