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Smoker's Melanosis
Term | Definition |
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Clinical Features of Smoker's Melanosis | -Presents as heavy pigment due to smoking -Located on palate with most common location being the ant. facial gingiva -Reversible protective response of the tissue -12% of patients that present with erythema in the affected site will develop cancer |
Demographics of Smoker's Melanosis | -Occurs in 20% of smokers -More common in reverse smokers (smoking with lit end of cigarette inside mouth) -More common in females |
Microscopic Features of Smoker's Melanosis | None |
Differential Diagnosis of Smoker's Melanosis | -Trauma -Physiologic pigmentation -Neurofibromatosis -Peutz-Jeghers syndrome -Drugs -Endocrine imbalance -Hemochromatosis -Pulmonary diseases |
Treatment of Smoker's Melanosis | Removal of smoking habit will reverse the lesion |