Abstract
Ackerman’s tumor is a low grade variant of oral Verrucous carcinoma (VC) or squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Although it occurs in other anatomic sites, most intraoral cases involve buccal mucosa, alveolar mucosa and gingiva. The typical features of VC that differ from the usual oral epidermoid carcinoma is it generally slow growing, chiefly exophytic and superficially invasive at until late in the course of the disease and have low metastatic potential. This paper presents three variable cases of oral VC along with their clinical and histo-pathological features.
Highlights
Verrucous carcinoma is a variant of squamous cell carcinoma that can affect cutaneous and mucosal surfaces
Verrucous carcinoma (VC) may grow very large and can destroy adjacent tissue such as bone and cartilage[5].Clinical feature depends on several factors such as duration of lesion, degree of keratinization along with changes in adjacent mucosa
The term ‘verrucous’ is used because of its fine, finger like surface projections[6, 7]. It may grow into soft tissue and invade bone, regional lymph nodes are usually tender but metastasis is rare
Summary
Verrucous carcinoma is a variant of squamous cell carcinoma that can affect cutaneous and mucosal surfaces. CASE SERIES: Case-1 A 58 years old male patient reported to the department with a chief complaint of pain on left cheek since[4] months. Patient noticed it 4 months back, pain was intermittent, moderate in intensity and does not vary with postural variation. On intraoral examination an exophytic ulcer proliferative growth was present on left buccal mucosa measuring about 6X2 cm extending from commissural area to retro molar area at the line of occlusion. Based on the history and clinical findings provisional diagnosis of verrucous carcinoma of left buccal mucosa was made. Case-3 A 65 year old female patient reported to the department with a chief complaint of pain on the left cheek since last 4 months. Follow up of one year was done for all the three cases till that there was no recurrence
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