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http://hdl.handle.net/1843/75996| Type: | Artigo de Periódico |
| Title: | Differential diagnoses of solitary and multiple pigmented lesions of the oral mucosa: evaluation of 905 specimens submitted to histopathological examination |
| Authors: | Thalita Soares Tavares Ana Carolina Uchoa Vasconcelos Nádia Lago Costa Elismauro Francisco Mendonça Sérgio Vitorino Cardoso Cassiano Francisco Weege Nonaka Allany de Oliveira Andrade Aline Cristina Batista Rodrigues Johann Arieli Carini Michels Tatiana Nayara Libório-Kimura Gerson de Oliveira Paiva Neto Adriana Aparecida Silva da Costa Patrícia Carlos Caldeira Maria Cássia Ferreira Aguiar Adriano Mota Loyola Natália Santos Barcelos Mauro Henrique Nogueira Guimarães Abreu Ricardo Alves Mesquita Sandra Beatriz Chaves Tarquinio Êmile de Moraes |
| Abstract: | Background: The aim was to analyze the frequency, clinical and demographic features of solitary and multiple/diffuse oral pigmented lesions submitted to histopathological examination, and to summarize the features that guide the clinical differential diagnosis. Methods: Clinical and demographic data were retrieved from biopsy records and descriptive statistics were performed. Results: Nine hundred and five (0.51%) oral pigmented lesions were retrieved among 177 356 specimens, being 95.9% solitary and 4.1% multiple/diffuse lesions. Regardless the overlapping clinical presentation, age, site, association with amalgam restoration, and a nodular appearance may help in the clinical differential diagnosis of solitary oral pigmentations. Patient's habits, site, and systemic signs and symptoms are helpful in the clinical differential diagnosis of multiple/diffuse lesions. Conclusions: Oral pigmented lesions are a rare diagnosis in oral pathology and solitary lesions are more commonly submitted to biopsy. Some key features help in the differential diagnosis, though biopsy can be warranted in doubtful cases. |
| Subject: | Diagnosis Melanocytes Melanoma Mouth mucosa Nevus Pigmentation Biopsy Clinical study Demography |
| language: | eng |
| metadata.dc.publisher.country: | Brasil |
| Publisher: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais |
| Publisher Initials: | UFMG |
| metadata.dc.publisher.department: | FAO - DEPARTAMENTO DE CLÍNICA FAO - DEPARTAMENTO DE ODONTOLOGIA SOCIAL E PREVENTIVA |
| Rights: | Acesso Restrito |
| metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | https://doi.org/10.1002/hed.26872 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1843/75996 |
| Issue Date: | 2021 |
| metadata.dc.url.externa: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34519124/ |
| metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Head and Neck-Journal for the Sciences and Specialties of the Head and Neck |
| Appears in Collections: | Artigo de Periódico |
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