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Review
. 2015 Sep;9(9):ZE01-8.
doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2015/12662.6468. Epub 2015 Sep 1.

Proposed Clinico-Pathological Classification for Oral Exophytic Lesions

Arvind Babu Rajendra Santosh  1 , Doryck Boyd  2 , Kumaraswamy Kikeri Laxminarayana  3
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Proposed Clinico-Pathological Classification for Oral Exophytic Lesions

Arvind Babu Rajendra Santosh et al. J Clin Diagn Res. 2015 Sep.

Abstract

Oral exophytic lesions often have proven to be diagnostically challenging due to the varied clinical presentation. The exophytic growth of the oral lesions is due to the type of pathology and histological changes. Careful clinical interpretation with a better histological understanding of exophytic lesions may ease the diagnosis from the differential diagnosis panel. The purpose of proposing classification system is to categorize the exophytic lesions of interest under specific clinical and/or histological explanation; and this will eventually lead to better understanding of the pathological condition that is described. To the best of our knowledge, there is no such classification system available for oral exophytic lesions and hence proposal of classification system is attempted in this study. Further, proposing a new classification system is not just to influence the academic contribution, but also to assist at greatest extent for diagnosis during clinical practice.

Keywords: Decision tree; Differential diagnosis; Oral cavity; Oral lesion.

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Classification system 1 and Approach 1: Oral exophytic lesions based on Origin/nature of pathology
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[Table/Fig-5]:
Babu, Boyd, Kumaraswamy’s Decision making tree for oral Exophytic lesions
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