title: [Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia].
abstract: Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia (PVL) is a seldom form of oral leukoplakia (OL) with high transformation tendency. It starts as a bold hyperkeratosis changing into an exophytic verrucous form spreading in the oral cavity. The clinical diagnosis therefore is a retrospective one.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für zahnärztliche Chirurgie, -Radiologie, Mund- und Kieferheilkunde, Universitätskliniken für Zahnmedizin, Basel.
authors.forename: Irène Hitz
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Lindenmüller
authors.forename: J Thomas
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Lambrecht
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005887:Gingival Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007642:Keratosis / Q000473:pathology; D053685:Laser Therapy; D007972:Leukoplakia, Oral / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D014860:Warts / Q000473:pathology