title: White sponge nevus.
abstract: A 33-year-old-man presented with a 13-year history of asymptomatic, white, folded, soft, poorly-demarcated, diffuse plaques bilaterally on his buccal mucosae and lateral surfaces of his tongue. There is no family history of similar lesions. The physical examination and histopathologic findings were consistent with a diagnosis of white sponge nevus. This rare disorder is typically inherited; however, as in this case, there have been a few other cases reported without a familial background.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, New York University, USA.
authors.forename: Chicky
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dadlani
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mengden
authors.forename: A Ross
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Kerr
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D053529:Leukokeratosis, Hereditary Mucosal / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*