Oral biopsies: study of 114 cases

ABSTRACT

Present study was carried out to find out the frequency of oral biopsies reported at the Railway Hospital, Rawalpindi and to compare it with worldwide literature. Patient data were retrieved from Jan 2007 to May 2012 from the record files of the histopathology department at railway hospital and analyzed using SPSS version 17. Of the total 114 cases the majority of the patients were in their 5[th] and 6[th] decades of life with no gender predilection as male to female ratio was 1.11. Major categories of lesions reported were malignant neoplasms [n=40], inflammatory lesions [n-21] and reactionary lesions [n=14]. Squamous cell carcinoma was the most commonly reported malignant lesion making it an emerging threat to the community, with decreasing prognostic potential as the age of the patient increased