title: Diagnosis and management of suspicious lesions of the oral cavity.
abstract: Oral lesions associated with premalignant changes and malignancy present in diverse ways. This article discusses the clinical characteristics of such lesions enabling clinicians to identify classical features.Additionally, an effort is made to familiarize clinicians with the significance of red and white lesions, especially those having a high index of suspicion for oral cancer, and to alert clinicians when a biopsy is mandatory.
authors.affiliation: Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine, 100 East Newton Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA. vnoonan@bu.edu
authors.forename: Vikki L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Noonan
authors.forename: Sadru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kabani
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology*