• See Also
  1. Oral Lesion
  • Causes
  • Benign
  1. Fibroma, Hemangioma, Papilloma
    1. Can occur anywhere in oral cavity
    2. Excise if symptomatic
  2. Exostoses: Torus Palatinus
    1. Bony growth of Hard Palate
    2. Surgery only if prosthetic device needed
  • Causes
  • Pre-malignant lesions
  1. Leukoplakia
  2. Erythroplakia
  3. Spotted Leukoplakia
  • Causes
  • Malignant
  1. Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma
  2. Salivary Gland Adenocarcinoma
  3. Oral Melanoma (rare)
  • Management
  1. Biopsy any suspicious lesion present 2 weeks or more
  • References
  1. Diaz in Noble (2001) Primary Care Medicine, p. 1757
  2. Weinberg (2002) Am Fam Physician 65(7):1379-86 [PubMed]