Open AccessOral biopsy: Oral pathologist′s perspective
Author(s) -
K L Kumaraswamy,
M. Vidhya,
Prasanna Kumar Rao,
Archana Mukunda
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.98969
Subject(s) - medicine , biopsy , oral cavity , clinical practice , dental practice , tissue sample , oral and maxillofacial pathology , oral cancers , oral surgeon , radiology , dentistry , pathology , nursing , biomedical engineering
Many oral lesions may need to be diagnosed by removing a sample of tissue from the oral cavity. Biopsy is widely used in the medical field, but the practice is not quite widespread in dental practice. As oral pathologists, we have found many artifacts in the tissue specimen because of poor biopsy technique or handling, which has led to diagnostic pitfalls and misery to both the patient and the clinician. This article aims at alerting the clinicians about the clinical faults arising preoperatively, intraoperatively and postoperatively while dealing with oral biopsy that may affect the histological assessment of the tissue and, therefore, the diagnosis. It also reviews the different techniques, precautions and special considerations necessary for specific lesions.