Erythroplakia - Highlights
Erythroplakia is a fiery red patch that cannot be characterized clinically or pathologically as any other definable disease.
Erythroplakia is a rare potentially malignant disorder.
Apart from erythroplakia , mixed red-white lesions also have to be treated with caution as they have an increased risk of malignancy.
Erythroplakia has a high malignant transformation rate, estimated to range from 14-50%.
Erythroplakia should be a bigger source of worry to the clinician than leukoplakia. Most erythroplakia lesions show dysplasia, carcinoma in-situ or squamous cell carcinoma and have a higher rate of malignant transformation than leukoplakia.
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