Clinical, histopathological characteristics and malignant transformation of proliferative verrucous leukoplakia with 36 patients: a retrospective longitudinal study

• Main Authors: Chang Zhang (Author), Qingying Lan (Author), Pan Wei (Author), Yan Gao (Author), Jianyun Zhang (Author), Hong Hua (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia (PVL), distinguished by its malignant transformation rate of 43.87% to 65.8%, stands as the oral potentially malignant disorder with the highest propensity for malignancy. PVL is marked by distinctive heterogeneity regarding the clinical or his...