{"id":12992,"date":"2020-11-20T05:16:47","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T05:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dermatly.com\/leucoplasia-oral\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T16:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T16:17:10","slug":"leukoplakie-oraal","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/dermatly.com\/nl\/leucoplasia-oral\/","title":{"rendered":"Leucoplasia oral"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"textBlock\">\n<h1>Entendiendo la Leucoplasia Oral: Causas, Diagn\u00f3stico y Tratamiento<\/h1>\n<p>La leucoplasia oral se define como la presencia de una <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"224\">mancha<\/span> o <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"235\">placa<\/span> de color blanco en la <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"189\">mucosa<\/span> bucal que no puede ser clasificada cl\u00ednica o patol\u00f3gicamente como ninguna otra enfermedad conocida.<\/p>\n<h2>Posibles Causas y Factores Desencadenantes de la Leucoplasia Oral<\/h2>\n<p>La aparici\u00f3n de leucoplasia oral puede estar relacionada con diversas condiciones subyacentes o h\u00e1bitos. Entre las causas potenciales se incluyen:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"32\">Carcinoma<\/span> <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"863\">in situ<\/span> (carcinoma intraepitelial) de la cavidad bucal.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"272\">Estomatitis<\/span> nicot\u00ednica.<\/li>\n<li>Candidiasis.<\/li>\n<li>Liquen plano oral.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"1596\">Queratosis<\/span> friccional.<\/li>\n<li>El h\u00e1bito de morderse habitualmente los labios o las mejillas.<\/li>\n<li>Lupus eritematoso.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>En el caso de la poblaci\u00f3n pedi\u00e1trica, el <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"813\">diagn\u00f3stico diferencial<\/span> debe contemplar entidades como la disqueratosis cong\u00e9nita y la displasia <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"72\">ectod\u00e9rmica<\/span> hidr\u00f3tica (<span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"375\">displasia<\/span> <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"73\">ectod\u00e9rmica<\/span> <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"1828\">displasia<\/span>).<\/p>\n<div id=\"square-placement-country-holder\" class=\"country-dependent advert\">\n<div class=\"box-placement square-placement\">\n<div class=\"advert__frame\">\n                        <!-- \/340621630\/dermnet_mobile_afterfirstsection_300x250 --><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\" id=\"hidden-div-gpt-ad-1484122037505-8\" class=\"[ js-hideable ]\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\n    if (ads_screenwidth < 780 ) {\n        var inline = document.createElement(\"div\");\n        var ad = document.createElement(\"div\");\n\n        ad.id = 'div-gpt-ad-1484122037505-8';\n        ad.style.height=\"250px\";\n        ad.style.width=\"300px;\";\n\n        inline.appendChild(ad);\n        inline.className = \"inline\";\n        var placeholder = document.getElementById(\"hidden-div-gpt-ad-1484122037505-8\");\n        placeholder.parentNode.replaceChild(inline, placeholder);\n        (function () {\n            googletag.cmd.push(function () {\n                googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1484122037505-8');\n            });\n        })();\n    }\n<\/script>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>\u00bfQui\u00e9n est\u00e1 en riesgo de desarrollar Leucoplasia Oral?<\/h2>\n<p>Existe una marcada correlaci\u00f3n entre la leucoplasia y el consumo de tabaco, siendo seis veces m\u00e1s frecuente en fumadores que en aquellos que no lo son. De igual forma, el consumo de alcohol (sin importar el patr\u00f3n de ingesta o el tipo de bebida) es un factor de riesgo significativo. Tambi\u00e9n se ha identificado una asociaci\u00f3n con la masticaci\u00f3n de <em>betel quid<\/em> y la <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"102\">fibrosis<\/span> submucosa oral. <\/p>\n<h2>Proceso y M\u00e9todos del Diagn\u00f3stico de Leucoplasia Oral<\/h2>\n<p>El proceso diagn\u00f3stico busca confirmar la condici\u00f3n y evaluar su potencial de malignidad a trav\u00e9s de los siguientes pasos:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>La <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"24\">biopsia<\/span> de una zona de leucoplasia cl\u00ednicamente sospechosa es fundamental para descartar otras patolog\u00edas y determinar la presencia y el grado de displasia.<\/li>\n<li>Es prudente esperar aproximadamente dos semanas tras la presentaci\u00f3n inicial para evaluar la respuesta cl\u00ednica a tratamientos primarios (por ejemplo, tratamiento para candidiasis, ajustes en la t\u00e9cnica de cepillado, o <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"1505\">cesaci\u00f3n<\/span> del tabaquismo, si aplica).<\/li>\n<li>La t\u00e9cnica de <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"2096\">biopsia<\/span> puede ser incisional o de extirpaci\u00f3n, \u00fanica o m\u00faltiple, y se realiza bajo <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"1206\">anestesia<\/span> local o general, dependiendo de la localizaci\u00f3n, el n\u00famero de <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"1111\">biopsias<\/span> necesarias y el tipo de muestra requerida.<\/li>\n<li>Se deben priorizar las biopsias en \u00e1reas sintom\u00e1ticas, o si son <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"731\">asintom\u00e1ticas<\/span>, en las zonas que presenten coloraci\u00f3n roja o se perciban <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"1741\">endurecidas<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>La identificaci\u00f3n cl\u00ednica por s\u00ed sola no siempre permite predecir si existe displasia, carcinoma <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"1077\">in situ<\/span> o carcinoma <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"612\">invasor<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Los hallazgos de la <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"129\">histopatolog\u00eda<\/span> de la leucoplasia oral no siempre son concluyentes. Las alteraciones epiteliales var\u00edan desde <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"18\">atrofia<\/span> (adelgazamiento) hasta <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"136\">hiperplasia<\/span> (engrosamiento), pudiendo manifestar tambi\u00e9n <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"610\">hiperqueratosis<\/span>. La displasia (presentando cambios <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"1395\">at\u00edpicos<\/span>) se grad\u00faa en leve, moderada, grave, carcinoma in situ o carcinoma invasivo. El informe de <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"223\">patolog\u00eda<\/span> debe especificar claramente la presencia o ausencia de displasia y su severidad.<\/p>\n<h2>Opciones de Tratamiento para la Leucoplasia Oral<\/h2>\n<p>El manejo terap\u00e9utico de la leucoplasia oral es determinado directamente por la causa subyacente identificada.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entendiendo la Leucoplasia Oral: Causas, Diagn\u00f3stico y Tratamiento La leucoplasia oral se define como la presencia de una mancha o placa de color blanco en la mucosa bucal que no puede ser clasificada cl\u00ednica o patol\u00f3gicamente como ninguna otra enfermedad conocida. 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