title: Oral submucous fibrosis in a young patient.
abstract: A seventeen-year-old male presented with a restriction in the oral cavity. The oral mucosa was white and he could not protrude his tongue. For 4 years he had habitually held a powdery material containing betel nut in the oral vestibule for several minutes a day. A biopsy of the labial mucosa was carried out and a diagnosis of oral submucous fibrosis was confirmed. This is a premalignant condition. Oral submucous fibrosis is very rare in young patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Ghaem Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad , Iran. yazdanpanahmj@mums.ac.ir
authors.forename: Mohammad Javad
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Yazdanpanah
authors.forename: Mahnaz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Banihashemi
authors.forename: Fakhrozaman
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pezeshkpoor
authors.forename: Soroor
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Famili
authors.forename: Pouran
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Layegh
authors.forename: Mehrdad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Katebi
authors.forename: Hamid
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hamidi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001114:Areca; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D009914:Oral Submucous Fibrosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*