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. 2010 Oct;36(4):201-5.
Epub 2010 Dec 10.

Clinical, epidemiological and histopathological prognostic factors in oral squamous carcinoma

L P Dragomir  1 , Cristiana Simionescu  2 , Luminiţa Dăguci  1 , Monica Searpe  1 , Manuela Dragomir  3
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Clinical, epidemiological and histopathological prognostic factors in oral squamous carcinoma

L P Dragomir et al. Curr Health Sci J. 2010 Oct.

Abstract

The study that was carried out was comprised of 117 cases of oral squamous carcinomas, selected in two years interval, between 2007-2008. The tumors were diagnosed especially at patients between the ages of 50 and 79 years, 96,6% being over 40 years old. It came out a clear predominance of the male sex in approximatively 90% of the cases. The main localisation was the lower lip and the tongue ( 67,5% ), in approximatively equal proportions ( 35% and 32,5% ). The histopathologically analisys releaved that 37,6% were well differentiated squamous carcinomas, 27,4% were moderately differentiated squamous carcinomas and 35% were poorly differentiated squamous carcinomas. Out of these 3,3% were microcarcinomas, 91,9% were non-metastatic invasive carcinomas and 4,8% were invasive carcinomas with metastatic adenopathy.

Keywords: risk factors; squamous carcinoma.

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Lower lip vegetant carcinoma
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Well differentiated squamous carcinoma in the upper lip, Ob.4, HE stain
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Moderately differentiated squamous carcinoma in the upper lip, Ob.4, HE stain
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Poorly differentiated squamous carcinoma in the upper lip, Ob.10,HE stain
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Tongue squamos carcinoma, keratinized form, round island neoplasic invasion, Ob.10,HE stain
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