Case Summary and Diagnostic Information

This is a 46-year-old male who presented with a lesion on the right buccal mucosa, from the linea alba through the buccal vestibule to the area of teeth #s 30 and 31.  The buccal mucosa appeared white and wrinkled from the mesial of tooth #29 to the distal of tooth #31 (Figure 1A).  The lesion was first noticed by the patient’s general dentist in 1999, at which time it was white, wrinkled, soft, non-fixed and non-tender.  At both presentations, there were no palpable masses, and head and neck examination was otherwise within normal limits. 

	History ofPresent Illness
	Medical History
	Clinical and Radiographic Findings
	Excisional Biopsy

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