Histopathology of orodental biopsies
<p><strong>Background: </strong>Tissue diagnosis is an essential step<strong> </strong>to come to a confirmed diagnosis in oral lesions where clinical examination alone can often be difficult and inaccurate. The aim of this study was to assess the use of histopathologic...
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| description | <p><strong>Background: </strong>Tissue diagnosis is an essential step<strong> </strong>to come to a confirmed diagnosis in oral lesions where clinical examination alone can often be difficult and inaccurate. The aim of this study was to assess the use of histopathological services by the dental department and to correlate the clinicopathological diagnosis.</p><p><strong>Materials and Methods:</strong> This is an histopathological database analysis of dental biopsies in 23 years from 1989 to 2012 in Patan Hospital. The variables studied were age, sex, clinical and histopathological diagnosis. SPSS version 16 was used as an analytical tool.</p><p><strong>Results:</strong> Out of 396 dental biopsies 203 (51.3%) were females and 193 (48.7%) were males with mean age 34.34 years and standard deviation of 17.9 years. The neoplastic and non neoplastic conditions were 44% and 56% respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Most diagnoses were benign in nature and had an inflammatory etiology.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-670750c943694684aa0f44c9387a50292022-12-22T01:57:14ZengAssociation of Clinical Pathologists of NepalJournal of Pathology of Nepal2091-07972091-09082015-09-0151081081310.3126/jpn.v5i10.1563512130Histopathology of orodental biopsiesR Baral0BP Sharma1P Sherpa2Patan Academy of Health Sciences, LalitpurPatan Academy of Health Sciences, LalitpurPatan Academy of Health Sciences, Lalitpur<p><strong>Background: </strong>Tissue diagnosis is an essential step<strong> </strong>to come to a confirmed diagnosis in oral lesions where clinical examination alone can often be difficult and inaccurate. The aim of this study was to assess the use of histopathological services by the dental department and to correlate the clinicopathological diagnosis.</p><p><strong>Materials and Methods:</strong> This is an histopathological database analysis of dental biopsies in 23 years from 1989 to 2012 in Patan Hospital. The variables studied were age, sex, clinical and histopathological diagnosis. SPSS version 16 was used as an analytical tool.</p><p><strong>Results:</strong> Out of 396 dental biopsies 203 (51.3%) were females and 193 (48.7%) were males with mean age 34.34 years and standard deviation of 17.9 years. The neoplastic and non neoplastic conditions were 44% and 56% respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Most diagnoses were benign in nature and had an inflammatory etiology.</p>http://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JPN/article/view/15635FibromaLichen planusRadicular Cyst |
| spellingShingle | R Baral BP Sharma P Sherpa Histopathology of orodental biopsies Journal of Pathology of Nepal Fibroma Lichen planus Radicular Cyst |
| title | Histopathology of orodental biopsies |
| title_full | Histopathology of orodental biopsies |
| title_fullStr | Histopathology of orodental biopsies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Histopathology of orodental biopsies |
| title_short | Histopathology of orodental biopsies |
| title_sort | histopathology of orodental biopsies |
| topic | Fibroma Lichen planus Radicular Cyst |
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