title: Verruciform xanthoma occurring within oral lichen planus.
abstract: A verruciform xanthoma occurring within lichen planus on the lateral aspect of the tongue in a 68-year-old Japanese woman is reported. The features suggest that the condition of altered epithelial turnover, as in repeated epithelial desquamation, may cause the verruciform xanthoma.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Tokushima University, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nagayama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hayashi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D017676:Lichen Planus, Oral / Q000473:pathology*; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D010212:Papilloma / Q000175:diagnosis; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D014973:Xanthomatosis / Q000473:pathology*