Forum for Clinical and Surgical Oral Pathology

Case BBOPF 07-5

Dr. Nadarajah Vigneswaran (The University of Texas Dental Branch at Houston. Houston, Texas. USA) invites your opinion for the ensuing case. Please send your comments in the window located below the images. This case will be posted from August 24 to August 30, 2007. A summary of the responses will be posted in BBOP.

Clinical History

A 92-year-old man presents with a wart like lesion on his mandibular facial gingiva. His medical history is significant for type 2 diabetes mellitus, glaucoma and prostate cancer. Patient has been treated previously with dexamethasone elixir for intraoral lichen planus presenting as desquamative gingivitis.

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Case prepared by Dr. Alfredo Aguirre (BBOP Manager) and Daniel Emmer (Web Administrator, University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine).