Correlation between Clinical and Histopathological Diagnoses in Oral Cavity Lesions: A 12-Year Retrospective Study

Autor: Alireza Ranjbaran, Azita Azad, Golnoush Farzinnia, Fahime Rezazadeh, Mehdi Sasan Niya, Shima Torabi
Rok vydání: 2022
Předmět:
Zdroj: International Journal of Dentistry. 2022:1-7
ISSN: 1687-8736
1687-8728
DOI: 10.1155/2022/1016495
Popis: Background: Proper diagnosis plays key roles in the treatment and prognosis of all diseases. Although histopathological diagnosis is still known as the gold standard, final diagnosis becomes difficult unless precise clinical descriptions are obtained. So, this study aimed to evaluate the consistency of the clinical and histopathological diagnoses of all oral and maxillofacial biopsy specimens in a 12–year duration.Methods: After receiving the ethical approval from Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, archive files and clinical findings related to 3001 patients who had been referred to the Department of Oral Pathology during a 12-year period, were reviewed. The recorded information in files included age, sex, lesion’s location, clinical and histopathological diagnoses, and specialty of dentists.Results: Out of 3001 cases included and reviewed in this study, 2167 cases (72.2%) were consistent between clinical and histopathologic diagnoses. The highest frequency of oral lesions was found in the mandibular bone and the lowest one was in the floor of mouth. Age, sex, and clinician’s specialty were indicated to have no significant effect on diagnosis (p> 0.05), but location and type of lesion affected that (p Conclusions: The results of the present study show that the consistency of clinical and histopathological diagnoses was three times more than their inconsistency, and the accuracy of the clinicians was largely acceptable.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
Externí odkaz: