Unusual Presentation of Squamous Cell Carcinoma in a Young Male: Clinicopathological Insights and Considerations.

ABSTRACT: Cancer of the oral cavity is the most common cancer in males in India, and lip cancer comprises approximately 25% of all oral cancers. Squamous cell carcinoma of lip usually occurs in middle-aged male with history of tobacco use or smoking. Its occurrence in a young, non-smoker male with no associated known predisposing risk factors for carcinoma is very rare. We present a case of a 21-year-old male student who presented with a painless, gradually increasing, occasionally bleeding, nodulo-ulcerated lower lip lesion. The lesion was removed 3 months back with a carbon dioxide laser, and this was a recurrent lesion. We did lesion biopsy which confirmed squamous cell carcinoma. The patient started treatment at the T2N0M0 stage. Patient has responded well to the radiotherapy treatment. Our case

SUBMITTER: Chaudhary S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11371948 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature