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ReviewAmerican journal of clinical dermatology2025

Pigmented Lesions of the Oral Mucosa: Clinical Presentation, Histology, and Recommendations for Management.

Rachelle Wolk, Daniela Massi, Denise Trochesset

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Review in American journal of clinical dermatology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Rachelle WolkDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Radiology, and Medicine, New York University College of Dentistry, 345 East 24th Street, Room 844, New York, NY, 10010, USA. rh2418@nyu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5753-7798
Daniela MassiSection of Pathology, Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Denise TrochessetDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Radiology, and Medicine, New York University College of Dentistry, 345 East 24th Street, Room 844, New York, NY, 10010, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pigmented lesions of the oral cavity can present significant diagnostic challenges because of their diverse etiologies and similar clinical presentations. Understanding these lesions is crucial for correct diagnosis and management because the biologic behavior ranges from benign physiologic variations to aggressive malignancies. The spectrum of oral lesions can include melanin-associated and exogenous pigmented lesions such as physiologic pigmentation and an amalgam tattoo, reactive processes such as smoker's melanosis and post-inflammatory pigmentation, benign neoplasms such as melanocytic nevi, and malignant conditions such as oral mucosal melanoma. Unlike cutaneous malignant melanomas, mucosal melanomas show distinct molecular profiles, with a lower prevalence of BRAF

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MelanomaMouth MucosaMouth NeoplasmsNevus, PigmentedPigmentation DisordersBiopsyDiagnosis, DifferentialHumansMelanosisPractice Guidelines as TopicProto-Oncogene Proteins c-kitProto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit

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PMID40369390

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