Open AccessEstablishing the accuracy of a new and cheaper sample collection tool: Oral cytology versus oral histopathology
Author(s) -
Anubhuti Sood,
Deepika Mishra,
Rahul Yadav,
Krushna Bhatt,
Harsh Priya,
Harpreet Kaur
Publication year - 2020
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/jomfp.jomfp_273_19
Subject(s) - histopathology , cytology , medicine , biopsy , pathology
High cost of tools used for the collection of oral cytology sample; deters their use as mass screening tool in the developing countries. Hence, this study aims to assess the diagnostic accuracy of a new, cheaper sample collection tool in the field of oral exfoliative cytology through comparison with histopathology.