Clinicopathologic analysis of verrucous hyperplasia, verrucous carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma as part of the clinicopathologic spectrum of oral proliferative verrucous leukoplakia: A literature review and analysis

摘要

Objective: Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia is classified as a potentially ma-lignant disorder because of its high rate of malignant transformation. PVL progresses in a series of clinical stages where the early stage represents multiple, multifocal leukoplakias with a high recurrence rate. The intermediate and late stages are clinically exophytic lesion, diagnosed microscopically as verrucous hyperplasia that often progresses into verrucous carcinoma and/or squamous cell carcinoma. There is no single histologic definition and the diagnosis is retrospective following observed progression of the disorder. The goal of the current study was to conduct a literature review and analysis of PVL in the later stages to gain further knowledge on their clinicopathologic features. Data sources: Medline's PubMed and Google Scholar were searched for adequately documented cases from 1985 to 2018. References of published articles were searched for additional cases. Review methods: Overall, 57 manuscripts were analyzed. 35/57 manuscripts provided adequate data on the clinicopathologic features in the premalignant and malignant stages. Results: Malignant transformation rate was 50% (average of 57 months). Gingiva, palate and buccal mucosa were the most common locations. Clinicopathologic features included; well differentiated carcinoma (78%), perineural invasion (3%), lymph node metastasis (4%); distant metastasis (0%), average duration of illness (65 months), DOD-dead of disease (44%). Moderate dysplasia, severe dysplasia and carcinoma in situ were exceptionally uncommon in the premalignant stages (0.8%). Conclusion: Prognostic factors such as perineural invasion, lymph node metastasis and distant metastasis were uncommon occurrences which may have practical implications on treatment. Further studies are needed to substantiate our findings.