Anal mucosal leukoplakia

What it means

Leukoplakia is a precancerous dermatosis of mucous membranes analogous Leukoplakia is basically a chronic inflammatory hypertrophy in which anaplasia and malignant dyskeratosis may develop and subsequently advance to an invasive squamous cell cancer. The clinical diagnosis of primary anal leukoplakia is indicated by single or multiple slightly raised,irregular, marginated, grayish-white keratinized' patches in the anal canal. Tissue biopsy is necessary for confirmation.

Rare diseases that can present with this1

The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.

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