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From: Oral lichen planus and other confounding factors in narrow band imaging (NBI) during routine inspection of oral cavity for early detection of oral squamous cell carcinoma: a retrospective pilot study

Fig. 2

Early diagnosis of OSCC recurrence through NBI. The inspection of this asymptomatic surgical scar (outcome of a second-intention healing), from a patient who had previously had surgery for OSCC, did not reveal suspicious areas – such as ulcers, lumps, red and/or white lesions - at BWL (left image). Still, it was biopsied due to an anomalous vascularization at NBI visualization (highlighted spot, middle image) which was classified as IPCL pattern IV (upper and lower [2] - right images). Histopathological examination showed a recurrence of OSCC

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