Spectrum of Histopathological Diagnosis of Oral Lesions in a Tertiary Care Hospital at Miraj in Maharashtra State, India
Introduction: Oral cavity is a common site for many types of benign, precancerous conditions and malignant tumours as well as development of congenital and acquired lesions. Oral cancers are the most common type of cancer in Indian men and actually accounted for 40% of all forms of cancers due...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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JCDR Research and Publications Pvt. Ltd.
2021-07-01
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| Series: | National Journal of Laboratory Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://www.njlm.net/articles/PDF/2488/47581_CE[Ra1]_F(SHU)_PF1(AkA_OM)_PFA(AKA_KM)_PN(KM).pdf |
| Summary: | Introduction: Oral cavity is a common site for many types of
benign, precancerous conditions and malignant tumours as
well as development of congenital and acquired lesions. Oral
cancers are the most common type of cancer in Indian men
and actually accounted for 40% of all forms of cancers due
to tobacco addiction, representing 4% of total body cancers.
In Indian females, 2% of all cancers are of oral cavity. The
knowledge of aetiological factors for the development of oral
cancers can make the disease preventable.
Aim: To study histopathological spectrum of various oral
lesions.
Materials and Methods: This was a prospective observational
study done, during the period from November 2013 to June
2017, 150 cases of oral lesions were studied at a tertiary care
hospital in Miraj. All the cases were studied and histopathological
diagnosis was correlated with clinical findings. The Microsoft
Excel 2010 sheet was filled as per case proforma of patients.
Analysis was done manually like age wise, gender wise, site
wise and sex wise distribution based on the Excel sheet data.
Results: The age of study population ranged from 6-80 years.
Most oral cavity lesions were found in the age group 51-60 years
of age group with 46/150 (30.67%) cases. Male to female ratio
was 1.78:1. Malignant epithelial tumours of oral cavity comprised
100/150 cases (66.67% cases). Amongst malignant tumours,
Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) comprised 92/100 cases (92%
cases). There was history of addiction in 96/100 cases (96%
cases) with 52/100 cases as tobacco chewers (52% cases).
4/100 cases did not have history of addiction (4% cases).
Conclusion: The clinical examination of the oral pathological
lesions does not lead to appropriate diagnosis. The clinical
diagnosis must be supplemented by ‘gold standard’
histopathological examination for confirming the malignant
tendency of oral lesions. |
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| ISSN: | 2277-8551 2455-6882 |