International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS)
ISSN: 2319-5886 Indexed in: ESCI (Thomson Reuters)
Anand Sagar
Department of Medicine, R D Gardi Medical College, IndiaPublications
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Research
Histopathological Spectrum of the Lesions of Buccal Mucosa at a Tertiary Care Centre of Central India
Author(s): Neha Chaturvedi, Vandana Agrawal and Anand Sagar*
Background: The oral cavity is a common site for pathological lesions; with a wide spectrum of neoplastic and non-neoplastic lesions. They are either symptomatic or asymptomatic. Some lesions may prove to be premalignant and may be a cause of malignancy in the future. Aims and objectives: Our study aimed at studying the spectrum of buccal mucosa lesions and categorizing them into benign and malignant and to study the pattern of these lesions, at a tertiary care center of central India. Materials and Methods: It was a prospective study carried out at L N Medical College from June 2019 to June 2020. A total of 35 cases were meticulously studied in concordance with the age, sex, site and were observed for their histopathological diagnosis and were categorized into non-neoplastic and neoplastic. Results: Of the thirty-five cases studied, we observed eight (22.85%) non-neoplastic and twent.. Read More»
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