The clinical characteristics of benign oral mucosal tumors
Med. oral patol. oral cir. bucal (Internet)
; 19(5): e438-e443, sept. 2014. ilus, tab
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the clinical characteristics and pre- biopsy provisional diagnoses of benign oral mucosal tumors. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A 10- year retrospective analysis of all benign tumors of the oral mucosa, from a university- affiliated oral and maxillofacial surgery department.RESULTS:146 benign tumors were included. The mean age was 49.6 years, with an approximately equal gender distribution. The most prevalent tumor types were lipomatous tumors (27.4%), vascular (23.3%), and salivary gland tumors (16.5%). Tongue, labial and buccal mucosa were the most frequently involved sites. The vast majority (98.6%) presented as non-ulcerated masses. Only 2 (1.4%) presented as ulcerated masses. The clinical provisional diagnosis correctly classified lesions as non-malignant in 93.3%. In only 9 (6.7%) suspicion of malignancy was included in the provisional diagnosis. However, benignneoplasia was unsuspected in 42.1% of tumors. These cases were clinically classified as reactive. CONCLUSION: Benign tumors were most likely to be clinically correctly classified as non-malignant, but even in the setting of experienced oral surgeons, neoplasia was unsuspected in more than 40% of cases. This data strongly supports the need to biopsy every oral mucosal mass, since inaccurate clinical evaluation of the lesion's biological nature was a frequent event
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IBECS
Assunto principal:
Neoplasias Bucais
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Mucosa Bucal
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
Limite:
Humans
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En
Revista:
Med. oral patol. oral cir. bucal (Internet)
Ano de publicação:
2014
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Article