verrucous hyperplasia


ver·ru·cous hy·per·pla·si·a

hyperplasia of the oral mucosa, occurring in the elderly, characterized by sharp or blunt upward papillary projections of squamous epithelium.

verrucous hyperplasia

Acanthosis in which epithelium–eg, of the foot or oral cavity is thickened, but not neoplastic; chronic VH–eg, of the foot with lymphedema may evolve to verrucous carcinoma

ver·ru·cous hy·per·pla·si·a

(vĕr-ū'kŭs hī'pĕr-plā'zē-ă) Cellular disorder of the oral mucosa, occurring in old people, characterized by sharp or blunt upward papillary projections of squamous epithelium.