Indiscriminate Use of Smokeless Tobacco Leading to Oral Cancer at a Young Age; A Case Report with Literature Review on Tobacco Consumption

Year 2019, Volume: 22 Issue: 4, 477 - 480, 29.12.2019

Sajad Buch Subhas Babu Shruthi Rao

https://doi.org/10.7126/cumudj.592787

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Oral
Squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) constitutes the sixth most common cancer in
world. Oral cancer is known as an elderly disease mostly occurring between the
5^th and 6^th decades of life. It is mainly attributed to
the use of tobacco and alcohol. Only 4-6% of OSCC is reported to occur below 40
years of age. This report describes a rare occurrence of OSCC in a 35 year old
male patient, with a disproportionate history of tobacco chewing since the age
of 14years; and literature review about tobacco use among younger generation.

Keywords

oral squamous cell carcinoma, tobacco, young adolescents, smokeless tobacco

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