Snuff (Tomback) Dipping Verrucous Carcinoma: A Case Report
Received Date: Feb 10, 2017 / Accepted Date: Feb 25, 2017 / Published Date: Mar 04, 2017
Abstract
Oral verrucous carcinoma is a clinico-pathological variant of OSCC. The most frequent affected sites intraoral are the mucosa of the buccal area and alveolus, also the gingiva. It’s a locally aggressive tumor. Generally it is related to tobacco use specially the chewed and snuffed types, hence it named “snuff dipper's cancer’’, the recurrence is high due to the dysplastic cells around the tumor. This is a case of Sudanese male diagnosed with verrucous carcinoma in the Oral and Maxillofacial Clinic.
Keywords: Verrucous carcinoma; Oral cavity; Snuffs dipping
Citation: Eltohami YI, Alim NE, Suleiman AM, Abuaffan AH (2017) Snuff (Tomback) Dipping Verrucous Carcinoma: A Case Report. Otolaryngol (Sunnyvale) 7:296. Doi: 10.4172/2161-119X.1000296
Copyright: © 2017 Eltohami YI, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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