Author/Editor		Yazdanpanah, MJ; Banihashemi, M; Pezeshkpoor, F; Famili, S; Layegh, P; Katebi, M; Hamidi, H
Title		Oral submucous fibrosis in a young patient
Type		članek
Source		Acta Dermatovenerol Alp Panonica Adriat
Vol. and No.		Letnik 18, št. 4
Publication year		2009
Volume		str. 176-8
Language		eng
Abstract		A seventeen-year-old male presented with a restriction in the oral cavity. The oral mucosa was white and he could not protrude his tongue. For 4 years he had habitually held a powdery material containing betel nut in the oral vestibule for several minutes a day. A biopsy of the labial mucosa was carried out and a diagnosis of oral submucous fibrosis was confirmed. This is a premalignant condition. Oral submucous fibrosis is very rare in young patients.
Descriptors		ARECA MOUTH MUCOSA ORAL SUBMUCOUS FIBROSIS