scholarly journals Between-Lesion Discrepancies in Terms of Dysplasia, Cell Turnover and Diagnosis in Patients with Multiple Potentially Malignant Oral Lesions

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 169-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Montebugnoli Lucio ◽  
Gabusi Andrea ◽  
Gissi Davide Bartolomeo ◽  
Cervellati Fabio ◽  
Servidio Dora

Objective: The present study assessed patients with multiple oral lesions to evaluate the mis-estimation rate in terms of diagnosis and risk of malignant transformation when only one biopsy is performed. Study Design: Thirty-five patients presenting at least two white and/or red lesions in different oral mucosa sites with a final diagnosis of leuko/erythroplakias or lichenoid lesions were included, for a total of 70 biopsies. Results: Nineteen patients (54%) had at least one between-lesion discrepancy considering the presence/absence of dysplasia (10 patients), normal/high cell turnover (13 patients) or diagnosis (5 patients). Discrepancies were not related to clinical aspect or within-patient similarity of lesions. Conclusions: Multiple oral lesions in the same patient can significantly differ in terms of dysplasia, high cell turnover and, even diagnosis. Multiple biopsies are imperative and diagnosis as well as risk of malignant transformation should be formulated for each single lesion rather than for each individual patient.

2006 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 276-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melaine de Almeida Lawall ◽  
Marcelo Macedo Crivelini

Leukoplakias are oral lesions that may have many clinical and histological aspects and they are usually associated with malignancy when dysplastic alterations are shown. However, these transformations may occur in non-dysplastic lesions that show harmless clinical aspect. For this reason, the proposal was to study the p53 and PCNA immunohistochemical expression in non-dysplastic leukoplakias, trying to correlate the results only with the epithelial keratinization degree. For this, 24 leukoplakias degrees I, II and III of Grinspan were used, all of them located in oral mucosa. Most of the leukoplakias showed p53 and PCNA expression in their different keratinization degrees. The p53 marking was confined to the basal and parabasal layers, while the PCNA marking occurred in practically all epithelial layers. The expression pattern of these markers was histologically and statistically similar between the lesions with these keratinization variations. It was evident that non-dysplastic epithelium of leukoplakias showed submicroscopical signs of alterations that lead to malignant transformation, and that the keratinization degree did not correlate to a greater risk of this event.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Einsfeld ◽  
Ana Claudia Ramos ◽  
Beatriz Barbosa ◽  
Alberto Zen ◽  
Grasieli de Oliveira Ramos ◽  
...  

Introdução: Quando estamos frente às lesões potencialmente malignas, torna-se imprescindível o acompanhamento rigoroso dessas lesões, pois são lesões frequentes e com risco de transformação maligna consideravelmente relevante, a leucoplasia e a queilite actínica, são as lesões mais comuns encontradas na cavidade bucal. Objetivo: relatar um caso de lesão potencialmente maligna em mucosa labial. Relato de caso: Paciente sexo masculino compareceu à clínica de Diagnóstico VI da Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina, com a presença de lesão branca em lábio inferior, o mesmo já se encontrava em acompanhamento há seis anos, com diagnóstico prévio de queilite actínica sem atipia celular (duas biópsias prévias). Aposentado, trabalhava anteriormente como agricultor, ex-fumante e ex-etilista. Clinicamente observava-se lesão esbranquiçada, com aspecto verruciforme, localizada em lábio inferior, medindo 2 cm no maior diâmetro. Além disso, o lábio encontrava-se endurecido, com aspecto roliço. Duas hipóteses de diagnóstico foram levantadas: queilite actínica associada a leucoplasia e carcinoma verrucoso. O paciente foi submetido à nova biópsia incisional. No laudo constatou-se tratar de queilite actínica com displasia epitelial leve e o tratamento proposto foi o uso de protetor labial FPS30, além de acompanhamento clínico semestral. Conclusão: O acompanhamento desse caso clínico foi possível observar alteração no perfil citológico, onde nas primeiras biópsias não era possível observar atipia celular e na biópsia mais recente foi observado uma displasia epitelial leve, portanto o acompanhamento das lesões potencialmente malignas é fundamental para prevenir sua transformação maligna, e uma nova biópsia deve ser realizada sempre que for observada alteração no aspecto clínico da lesão.Descritores: Leucoplasia; Queilite; Biópsia; Lábio.ReferênciasPindborg JJ, Reichart PA, Smith CJ, Van der Waal I. World Health Organization International histological classification of tumours. 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2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nour Mellouli ◽  
Samah Sioud ◽  
Maroua Garma ◽  
Abdellatif Chokri ◽  
Habib Hamdi ◽  
...  

Introduction: Oral malignant melanoma (OMM) is a rare malignant lesion of the oral mucosa. It accounts for 0.5% of oral cavity cancers and less than 1% of all melanomas. Most cases arise on the palate or gingiva. OMM is caused by unknown factors. Benign pigmentation may precede the neoplasm by several years. The malignant transformation of benign melanosis is poorly understood. Observation: The aim of this work is to present a new clinical case of oral malignant melanoma which appeared on benign melanosis with a brief review of the literature. A 37-year-old woman presented with a blackish pigmented plaque that covered the hard palate and vestibular maxillary gingiva and a soft, friable 2 cm nodule with ulcerated surface next to the 11, 12 and 13. Fifteen years ago, the patient underwent a biopsy that was in favor of benign melanosis. Unfortunately, the patient was followed for one year and then was lost. Recently, in front of the rapidity of the extension of the lesion, she came again. After biopsy, a final diagnosis of OMM is retained. Commentaries: OMM is often asymptomatic. It presents usually as a 1.5–4 cm, blackish grey, irregular, flat or nodular lesion. The neoplasm can appear on apparently normal oral mucosa and may be preceded by benign pigmented lesions. Few articles discussed malignant transformation of benign melanosis. OMM is characterized by its poor prognosis. The treatment of choice for OMM remains surgery with wide clear margins. Conclusion: Close monitoring is needed to detect signs of transformation and to early diagnose melanoma.


2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (18) ◽  
pp. 6853
Author(s):  
Nina Milutin Gašperov ◽  
Ivan Sabol ◽  
Ksenija Božinović ◽  
Emil Dediol ◽  
Marinka Mravak-Stipetić ◽  
...  

There is a strong need to find new, good biomarkers of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) because of the bad prognoses and high mortality rates. The aim of this study was to identify the potential biomarkers in HNSCC that have differences in their DNA methylome and potentially premalignant oral lesions, in comparison to healthy oral mucosa. In this study, 32 oral samples were tested: nine healthy oral mucosae, 13 HNSCC, and 10 oral lesions for DNA methylation by the Infinium MethylationEPIC BeadChip. Our findings showed that a panel of genes significantly hypermethylated in their promoters or specific sites in HNSCC samples in comparison to healthy oral samples, which are mainly oncogenes, receptor, and transcription factor genes, or genes included in cell cycle, transformation, apoptosis, and autophagy. A group of hypomethylated genes in HNSCC, in comparison to healthy oral mucosa, are mainly involved in the host immune response and transcriptional regulation. The results also showed significant differences in gene methylation between HNSCC and potentially premalignant oral lesions, as well as differently methylated genes that discriminate between oral lesions and healthy mucosa. The given methylation panels point to novel potential biomarkers for early diagnostics of HNSCC, as well as potentially premalignant oral lesions.


2006 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucia Giovannelli ◽  
Giuseppina Campisi ◽  
Giuseppe Colella ◽  
Giuseppina Capra ◽  
Chiara Di Liberto ◽  
...  

2000 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 644-653 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha Bouda ◽  
Vassilis G Gorgoulis ◽  
Nikos G Kastrinakis ◽  
Athina Giannoudis ◽  
Efthymia Tsoli ◽  
...  

2004 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 145-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marija Bokor-Bratic ◽  
Nada Vuckovic ◽  
Sinisa Mirkovic

BACKGROUND: The serious nature of potentially malignant oral lesions (PMOL) demands that the final diagnosis be made on both clinical and histopathologic grounds. The aim of the present study was to determine the correlation between clinical and histopathologic diagnoses of PMOL using a discrepancy index (DI). METHODS: Fifty-one patients with PMOL were examined clinically, and a biopsy was taken from each one. The results of histopathologic diagnosis were compared with the clinical diagnosis. We established that the histopathologic diagnosis was incompatible when the clinical diagnosis was not confirmed. On the basis of the incompatible diagnosis, we calculated a discrepancy index between the clinical and histopathologic diagnosis. RESULTS: Clinically, the homogeneous leukoplakia was the most frequent lesion followed by erosive lichen planus and reticular lichen planus. No cases of erythroplakia were observed. Lesions were most frequently seen at the buccal mucosa, followed by the gingiva (alveolar mucosa) and tongue. The histopathologic diagnosis showed that the majority of the lesions were benign keratoses followed by lichen planus. Three cases of epithelial dysplasia were mild. The DI between clinical and histopathologic diagnosis was 17.6 %. The higher DI was found in erosive lichen planus. CONCLUSION: The obtained findings show that in 90% of leukoplakias, clinical diagnosis was confirmed by histopathologic examination. The discrepancy between clinical and histopathologic diagnoses in 17.6 % of cases suggests that all PMOLs should be submitted to histological analysis.


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