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. 2024 Aug 3;19(4):1919–1923. doi: 10.1016/j.jds.2024.07.030

Table 1.

Clinically reported cases of neoplasms in patients with vaping history.

Type of study Year Author Patient age (year) Patient sex Clinical presentation Pathological diagnosis Risk factors (arranged in chronological order)
Neoplasms in the oral cavity
Case report 2017 Nguyen et al.26 66 Male Several exophytic masses with surrounding hyperkeratotic areas at the tongue Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma E-cigarettes: 20 times per day for 13 years
Case report 2017 Nguyen et al.26 59 Male A non-healing ulceration at the lower lip Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma E-cigarettes: daily for 13 years (uncertain quantity of daily use)
Case report 2021 Klawinski et al.24 19 Male A non-healing ulceration at the left lateral border of the tongue Poorly differentiated invasive squamous cell carcinoma Conventional cigarettes: 0.5 pack per day for 1 year
E-cigarettes: daily for 4 years (uncertain quantity of daily use)
Neoplasms in other human organs rather than the oral cavity
Case report 2020 Shields et al.29 22 Male Painless unilateral blurred vision (right eye) Conjunctival intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) with high-grade features E-cigarettes: 5 vapes or more per day for 5 years
Case report 2022 Ballenberger et al.32 33 Male A consolidative right lung opacity with multiple hypodense hepatic lesions with chest pain and fever Thoracic NUT-midline carcinoma (poorly differentiated carcinoma with squamous and neuroendocrine features) Conventional cigarettes: 20 packs per year for unknown duration
E-cigarettes: for 1 year (uncertain quantity of daily use and frequency)