Open AccessCollagen in histologic stages of oral submucous fibrosis: A polarizing microscopic study
Author(s) -
Ganganna Kokila,
Pushparaja Shetty,
Sarosh E Shroff
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology/journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.455
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1998-393X
pISSN - 0973-029X
DOI - 10.4103/0973-029x.98446
Subject(s) - connective tissue , collagen fibres , pathology , fibrosis , birefringence , epithelial dysplasia , dysplasia , staining , histology , collagen fiber , chemistry , anatomy , materials science , medicine , optics , physics
Oral submucous fibrosis (OSF) is a precancerous condition in which there is excessive deposition of collagen in connective tissue. The purpose of present study was to compare changes in birefringence of collagen fibers in histopathological stages of OSF.