García-Chías, BCasado-De La Cruz, LEsparza-Gómez, GCCerero Lapiedra, Rocío2025-01-272025-01-272014-07-01García-Chías B, Casado-De La Cruz L, Esparza-Gómez GC, Cerero-Lapiedra R. Diagnostic criteria in proliferative verrucous leukoplakia: Evaluation. Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal. 2014 Jul 1;19 (4):e335-9.1698-444710.4317/medoral.19424https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/116299Objectives: to evaluate the ability of the diagnostic criteria proposed by Cerero et al in 2010 to perform an early diagnose in patients with proliferative verrucous leukoplakia. Study design: retrospective study with patients diagnosed with leukoplakia at Oral Medicine Service at Oral Medicine and Surgery Department at Dentistry Faculty at Universidad Complutense of Madrid. Results: the criteria were applied in 116 patients, turning positive in 40 cases. Out of these, 24 (60%) had been previously diagnosed with PVL. Most frequent criteria were major criteria A and E, concerning lesion's site and histopathology, and minor criteria b and c, concerning sex and smoking habit. Conclusions: diagnostic criteria developed by Cerero et al can be a useful tool for an early diagnose of PVL, as in 60% of the cases, the criteria would have allowed to make an early diagnose of the disease.engAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/journal article1698-6946http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.4317/medoral.1942424608210https://www.medicinaoral.com/pubmed/medoralv19_i4_pe335.pdfhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24608210/open access616-002.189616-07Proliferative verrucous leukoplakiaCriteriaDiagnoseEarlyOdontología (Odontología)Salud pública (Medicina)Microbiología médica3213.13 Ortodoncia-Estomatología3212 Salud Publica3201.04 Patología Clínica3201.03 Microbiología Clínica