Sandbox:Affan

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Muhammad Affan M.D.[2]

Surface oral lesions
Oral lesions		Appearance	Associated conditions	Location	Image
White Lesions	Leukoedema	White or whitish grey edematous lesion Diffuse or patchy	Variant of normal oral mucosa	Buccal and labial oral mucosa
	Fordyce granules	White or yellow discrete papules Symmetrically distributed	Variant of normal oral mucosa	Buccal mucosa Vermillion border of the lips
	Benign migratoy glossitis	Red patches with white distinct border Map like appearance	Psoriasis Diabetes Reiter's syndrome Medications such as Oral contraceptive pills and lithium carbonate	Dorsal/Lateral surface of the tongue
	Hairy tongue	Elongated filliform lingual papillae Carpet like appearance	Xerostomia Medications such as anti-psychotics HIV Amyotropic lateral sclerosis	Dorsum of the tongue
	Hairy leukoplakia	White patches Corrugated in appearance Hairy, hair-like growths Permanent	EBV virus infection Immunosupression	Buccal mucosa Lateral surface of the tongue Floor of the mouth Palate
	White sponge nevus	White patches of tissue (nevi) Singular or multiple Thickened, velvety, sponge-like appearance	Heriditarary	Buccal mucosa
	Lichen Planus	Reticular or papular lace like white lesions Multiple, Painful	Autoimmune disorders disorders	Posterior buccal mucosa Gingival margin
	Frictional hyperkeratosis	White shaggy plaques Could be easily peeled without any pain leaving normal mucosa	Bite trauma Grinding of the teeth	Buccal mucosa Limited to line of dental occlusion
	Leukoplakia	White or grayish in patches that can't be wiped away Irregular or flat-textured Thickened or hardened in areas Along with raised, red lesions (speckled leukoplakia or erythroplakia), which are more likely to show precancerous changes	Smoking
	Erythroplakia
Pigmented lesions		Characterestic features	Associated conditions	Location	Image
Physiologic pigmentation
Ephelis
Oral melanocytic macule
Melanocytic nevus
Oral melanoacanthoma
Smoker's melanosis
Melanoma
Kaposi sarcoma
Addison's disease
Peutz jeghers syndrome
Neurofibromatosis
Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia
Medication induced pigmentation
Amalgam tattoo
Vesicular/Ulcerative oral lesions		Symptoms	characterestic features	Associated conditions	Location	Image
Infections
Autoimmune conditions
Idiopathic conditions

Soft tissue oral lesions
Reactive lesions	Symptoms	Characterstic features	Associated conditions	Location	Image
Leukoedema
Fordyce granules
Hairy tongue
Hairy leukoplakia
White sponge nevus
Lichen planus
Focal keratosis
Tumors		etiology	location	Clinical appearance	Gold standard/Diagnosis	Image
Benign tumors	Epithelial tumors
	Mesenchymal tumors
	Salivary gland tumors
Malignant tumors
Cysts	Gingival cyst
	Lymphoepithelial cyst
	Epidermoid cyst
	Thyroglossal tract cyst
	Nasolabial cyst