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Case Reports
. 2023 Feb;27(Suppl 1):S85-S90.
doi: 10.4103/jomfp.jomfp_212_22. Epub 2023 Feb 4.

Tru-cut needle biopsy: A novel approach in the diagnosis of solid oral pathologies

Sai Lalita  1 , Thamizhchelvan Harikrishnan  1 , Emmanuel Ds Azariah  2 , Deepak Chandrasekaran  2
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Tru-cut needle biopsy: A novel approach in the diagnosis of solid oral pathologies

Sai Lalita et al. J Oral Maxillofac Pathol. 2023 Feb.

Abstract

Nowadays, new biopsy techniques such as fine and wide needles are now employed instead of invasive biopsy techniques. Compared to open biopsy, true-cut needle biopsy has a number of advantages. It's quick and simple to do, can be done in an outpatient department, avoids incisions into previously irradiated skin, and has few risks. In order to examine malignant and benign tumours, there had been a debate in the past century on the utilisation and efficiency of tru-cut biopsy over Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) and surgical biopsy in solid tumours. A non-odontogenic tumour that occurs in jaws, also classified as a fibro-osseous lesion of the jaw, is Cemento-Ossifying Fibroma. Clinically, these lesions occur as gradually growing, reaching an enormous size if not treated. In this article, a case of cemento-ossifying fibroma noticed in the maxilla with facial swelling is discussed and the diagnosis was done using a tru-cut needle biopsy.

Keywords: Newer biopsy techniques; solid tumour biopsy; tru-cut biopsy.

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Extraoral presentation
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(a) Intraoral presentation. (b) Intraoral presentation
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(a) CT Frontal. (b) CT Lateral
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CT Axial
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Tru cut needle biopsy needle
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Tru cut needle biopsy sample
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H & E section at 4x
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(a) H & E section at 40 x. (b) H & E section at 40 x
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