Journal d'otologie et de rhinologie

Verrucous Carcinoma Variant of Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Review of Literature

Amit Gupta, Sweety Gupta and Sarika Bansal

Verrucous Carcinoma Variant of Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Review of Literature

Verrucous Carcinoma is a infrequent variant of well differentiated squamous cell carcinoma and has some distinctive characteristics clinically and histologically diverse from a archetypal oral squamous cell carcinoma. Verrucous carcinoma grows gradually, has a tendency of local invasion, and seldom metastasizes. In the present article we discuss about etiology, pathogenesis and the management of this uncommon tumor with a detailed review of literature.