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case_images: Patient with verruciform xanthoma of tongue
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case_images: F1
case_images: On clinical examination, well-circumscribed, sessile, papillomatous, reddish growth was seen on tip of the tongue [Figures 1 and 2].
case_images: Minimal extension of lesion on ventral surface of the tongue
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case_images: F2
case_images: On clinical examination, well-circumscribed, sessile, papillomatous, reddish growth was seen on tip of the tongue [Figures 1 and 2].
case_images: Excision of the lesion
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case_images: F3
case_images: Hence, excisional biopsy was performed under general anesthesia [Figure 3].
case_images: Parakertinized stratified squamous epithelium with juxtaepithelial areas of xanthoma cells (H and E, x100)
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case_images: F4
case_images: On histopathological examination [Figures 4 and 5], the epithelium is parakeratotic stratified squamous with parakeratin plugging in between the clefts of projections.
case_images: Xanthoma cells along with vascular channels and inflammatory cells in papillary portion of lamina propria (H and E, x400)
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case_images: F5
case_images: On histopathological examination [Figures 4 and 5], the epithelium is parakeratotic stratified squamous with parakeratin plugging in between the clefts of projections.