White sponge nevus.
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.
Dadlani
Chicky
C
Department of Dermatology, New York University, USA.
Mengden
Stephanie
S
Kerr
A Ross
AR
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*