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Thumb Sucking Induced Erytroplakia of Soft Palate

Casale Manuele1, Sabatino Lorenzo^1*, Greco Federico² and Fabrizio Salvinelli^1
1Department of Otolaryngology, Campus Bio-Medico University, Italy
²Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Campus Bio-Medico University, Italy

^*Corresponding author: Sabatino Lorenzo, Department of Otolaryngology, University Campus Bio-Medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo 200, 00128 Rome, Italy

Published: 02 Dec, 2016
Cite this article as: Manuele C, Lorenzo S, Federico G, Salvinelli F. Thumb Sucking Induced Erytroplakia of Soft Palate. Ann Clin Case Rep. 2016; 1: 1199.

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A 36-year-old woman was referred to this clinic noting unusual red lesions of the soft palate. She did not smoke or drink alcohol. Intra-oral examination showed erytroplasic lesion of the soft palate (Figure 1A). There was no other extra-oral manifestation. Investigating the recent medical history, patient revealed the habit of thumb-sucking. After 15 days of thumb-sucking cessation, patient showed complete regression of the soft palate red lesion (Figure 1B). The current case shows how a suspected pre-cancerous lesion such as oral erytroplakia “can disappear” after and accurate patient evaluation.

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