Pankaj Taneja

Verruciform xanthoma (VX) of the oral cavity is a rare, reactive benign mucosal lesion of unknown aetiology. This letter aims to report a case and remind clinicians on the varied hyperplastic clinical presentation, which can often be mistaken for potentially malignant lesions such as verrucous or squamous cell carcinomas macroscopically unless definitively diagnosed histologically.

Corresponding Author Pankaj Taneja Sydney Dental Hospital, Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia School of Dentistry, University of Sydney, Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia Correspondence Pankaj Taneja, Clinical Associate Professor and Consultant in Oral Surgery. Head of Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine and Dentomaxillofacial Radiology, Sydney Dental Hospital, 2 Chalmers Street, Surry Hills, NSW 2010, Australia. Email: pankaj.taneja@health.nsw.gov.au Search for more papers by this author

1 INTRODUCTION Nerve damage and altered sensations to the orofacial region can occur from trauma associated with oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS) procedures.1-3 In such instances, somatosensory investigations tend to focus on the perceptions of pain or changes in detection thresholds for tactile and thermal stimuli.4, 5 As experiences of pleasantness and unpleasantness contribute to the optimisation of an individual's internal homeostatic balance,6 it could be argued that evaluation of...