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A case is described of a squamous cell carcinoma arising in an area of phenytoin-induced gingival hyperplasia. Recent literature concerning the effects of phenytoin on the gingival tissues cites a possible mechanism of phenytoin-induced carcinogenesis
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McLoughlin, P., Newman, L. & Brown, A. Oral squamous cell carcinoma arising in phenytoin-induced hyperplasia. Br Dent J 178, 183–184 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.4808698
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.4808698