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Non-familial White Sponge Nevus, an Innocuous yet Clinically Significant Entity: Report of a Case with Review of the Literature

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White sponge nevus (WSN) is a hereditary mucosal defect that primarily affects the oral mucosa, presenting with asymptomatic velvety, corrugated hyperkeratotic white plaques that do not disappear on stretching the mucosa. In this case report, we present a non-familial case of a WSN occurring in the tongue in a middle-aged female, which was misdiagnosed as verrucous leukoplakia.

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  1. Dept. of Oral Pathology, College of Medical Sciences, Bharatpur, Nepal

    Snehashish Ghosh

  2. Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Medical Sciences, Bharatpur, Nepal

    Safal Dhungel

  3. Dept. of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Sathyabama Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, India

    Indu Bharkavi SK

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Ghosh, S., Dhungel, S. & SK, I.B. Non-familial White Sponge Nevus, an Innocuous yet Clinically Significant Entity: Report of a Case with Review of the Literature. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 75, 4012–4015 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-023-04050-3

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