Erythroplakia
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This is a finding on the mucous membrane in the oral cavity or on the mucous membrane of the cervix. Erythroplakia is a flat defect, it has a red color and fuzzy edges. Like leukoplakia, it belongs to precancers, but it is even more dangerous in terms of the risk of malignant transformation. Surgical revision is in order.
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- PAZDERA, Jindřich. Základy ústní a čelistní chirurgie. 2. edition. Olomouc : Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2011. ISBN 978-80-244-2660-0.
