role of ultrasonography in diagnosis of orofacial lesion: clinico pathological correlation

ABSTRACT

Ultrasonography was used in conjunction with clinical examination in diagnosis of oro-facial lesions in eight different cases presented to the role surgeon. Accordingly, the surgical approach could be properly planned and histopathological study confirmed the clinical and ultrason-orgaphic findings. The ultrasoungraphy poved to be important in evidently differentiating between cystic, solid, benign and malignant lesions as well as the proximity of the mass to anatomical structures and actual cross sectional measurement of the lesion. The information obtained from ultrasonography could be superior to that obtained by plain and contrast radiography and is less invasive and less expensive that computerized axial tomography