title: Common oral mucosal lesions in adults.
abstract: Patients often present to family physicians with oral lesions. According to a recent study, the 10 most common oral mucosal lesions comprise almost three-quarters of oral lesions. The most common oral lesions are leukoplakia, tori, inflammatory lesions, fibromas, Fordyce's granules, hemangiomas, ulcers, papillomas, epuli and varicosities.
authors.affiliation: Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yeatts
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Burns
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005096:Exostoses / Q000473:pathology; D005350:Fibroma / Q000473:pathology; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007972:Leukoplakia, Oral / Q000473:pathology; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D009061:Mouth Mucosa; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D010212:Papilloma / Q000473:pathology; D013280:Stomatitis / Q000473:pathology; D013281:Stomatitis, Aphthous / Q000473:pathology