oral leukoedema
MONDO:0006880Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names oral leukoedema yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A disorder of the buccal mucosa resembling early leukoplakia, characterized by the presence of filmy opalescence of the mucosa in the early stages to a whitish gray cast with a coarsely wrinkled surface in the later stages, associated with intracellular edema of the spinous or malpighian layer. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0006880), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of