Open AccessA cytomorphometric analysis of oral mucosal changes in tobacco users
Author(s) -
Komal Khot,
Swati Deshmane,
Kriti Bagri-Manjarekar,
Darshana Warke,
Keyuri Kotak
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of natural science, biology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 2229-7707
pISSN - 0976-9668
DOI - 10.4103/0976-9668.166055
Subject(s) - exfoliative cytology , papanicolaou stain , oral mucosa , medicine , malignancy , stain , tobacco use , pathology , cancer , cytology , dermatology , staining , cervical cancer , population , environmental health
Tobacco use is the major cause of oral cancer, which is the sixth most common form of malignancy globally. Even in the absence of clinical manifestations, early changes in the oral mucosa can be detected microscopically by exfoliative cytology. The present study aimed to study and compare the cellular changes in the oral mucosa of tobacco users using cytomorphometry.