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      Benign Orofacial Lesions in Libyan Population: A 17 Years Retrospective Study

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          Abstract

          Objectives:

          To analyze the frequency and type of benign orofacial lesions submitted for diagnosis at Tripoli Medical Centre over 17 years period (1997-2013).

          Materials and Methods:

          Entries for specimens from patients were retrieved and compiled into 9 diagnostic categories and 82 diagnoses.

          Results:

          During the 17 years period, a total of 975 specimens were evaluated, it comprised a male-female ratio of 0.76:1. The mean age of biopsied patients was 36.3±18.32 years. The diagnostic category with the highest number of specimens was skin and mucosal pathology (22.87%); and the most frequent diagnosis was pyogenic granuloma (14.05%).

          Conclusion:

          Pyogenic granuloma, lichen planus, radicular cyst and fibroepithelial polyp were found to be the most predominant diagnoses. Frequencies of most benign orofacial diseases were comparable to similar studies in the literature and to those reported from the eastern region of Libya. Further surveys are needed to define the epidemiology of orofacial diseases in Libyan population.

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          Relative incidence of odontogenic tumors and oral and jaw cysts in a Canadian population.

          William Wysocki, Kirsty G. Pringle, T Daley (1994)
          The diagnoses of 40,000 consecutively accessioned oral biopsies from the Oral Pathology Diagnostic Service, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada, were reviewed. All odontogenic neoplasm, neoplasm-like lesions (tumors), and true cysts of the oral tissues and jaws were listed. Clinical data were reviewed, and microscopic diagnoses were confirmed for cases in which diagnoses were ambiguous. Records of all cases were examined to identify distant referrals that were not representative of the study population. Of a total of 445 (1.11%) odontogenic tumors, 392 (0.98%) were lesions from patients in the usual local drawing area of the biopsy service; 53 were referred from distant centers. From the local population, odontomas were by far the most common tumor (51.53%) followed by ameloblastomas (13.52%) and peripheral odontogenic fibromas (8.93%). Locally, radicular (periapical) cysts were the most common odontogenic cyst (65.15%) followed by the dentigerous cyst (24.08%) and the odontogenic keratocyst (4.88%). The most common nonodontogenic cyst was the nasopalatine duct cyst that accounted for 73.43% of this subset of cysts. Surprisingly few studies of this type are available, especially for odontogenic tumors. These data are important to assess geographic differences in the incidence of lesions and to allow clinicians to make realistic judgments in counseling patients before biopsy about the probability of diagnosis and risks associated with nonspecific clinical or radiographic lesions.
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            Odontogenic tumors: analysis of 706 cases.

            R Courtney, J Regezi, Paul Kerr (1978)
            From a total of 54,534 oral biopsy specimens, 706 (1.3%) odontogenic tumors were retrieved and reviewed. Odontomas comprised more than 65% of the odontogenic tumors, ameloblastomas about 10%, and the remaining six categories of odontogenic tumors accounted for approximately 25% of the lesions. The distribution by age, sex, and location of these tumors generally supported the data from other previously reported cases. A possible variant of the calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor was described, and instances of two granular cell ameloblastic fibromas were reported. The myxomas as a group were characterized histologically more by residual bony trabeculae than by the presence of odontogenic rests. Because the clinical, histological, and behavioral features of the ameloblastic fibroma and ameloblastic fibro-odontoma were similar, these lesions were considered to be essentially the same. From limited follow-up information, the ameloblastoma was the only lesion that recurred. With the exception of one ameloblastoma found in the lung, no malignant odontogenic tumors were encountered.
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              Incidence rates of salivary gland tumors: results from a population-based study.

              Marsha Cole, J Pinkston (1999)
              Salivary gland tumors are uncommon, and their epidemiology has not been well described. We conducted a descriptive epidemiologic study of parotid, submaxillary, and sublingual gland tumors newly diagnosed in Jefferson County, Alabama, hospitals from 1968 to 1989. Incidence rates were estimated with a population-based subset of cases diagnosed during the years 1979 to 1980, 1983 to 1984, or 1987 to 1988. Among 248 incident cases, 84.3% were benign and 15.7% were malignant. Eighty-six percent of cases arose in the parotid gland, and 14% arose in the submaxillary gland. No sublingual gland tumor was identified. The benign mixed tumor was the most frequent tumor (65.6%), followed by Warthin's tumor (29.2%). Mucoepidermoid carcinoma was the most frequent malignant tumor (51.3%). The average annual age-adjusted incidence rate per 100,000 was 4.7 for benign tumors and 0.9 for malignant tumors. Incidence rates for both benign and malignant tumors increased with age until ages 65 to 74 years and then declined. Benign mixed tumors occurred more frequently in female patients, whereas Warthin's tumors and malignant tumors occurred more frequently in male patients (P < 0.05). Warthin's tumor was rare in black patients (P < 0.001). We conclude that salivary gland tumors are an uncommon but epidemiologically diverse group of tumors. Their causes are also likely to differ.
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                Journal
                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Open Dent J
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Open Dent J
                Journal ID (publisher-id): TODENTJ
                Title: The Open Dentistry Journal
                Publisher: Bentham Science Publishers
                ISSN (Electronic): 1874-2106
                Publication date (Electronic): 11 December 2015
                Publication date Collection: 2015
                Volume: 9
                Pages: 380-387
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Department of Oral Diagnosis, Oral Radiology and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Libyan International Medical University, Benghazi, Libya
                [2 ]Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Tripoli Medical Centre, Tripoli, Libya
                Author notes
                [* ]Address correspondence to this author at the Department of Oral Diagnosis, Oral Radiology and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Libyan International Medical University, Benghazi, Libya; Tel: +962791755841; Fax: +218612233909; E-mail: marwaaudey@ 123456yahoo.com
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                Publisher ID: TODENTJ-9-380
                DOI: 10.2174/1874210601509010380
                PMC ID: 4763963
                PubMed ID: 26962370
                SO-VID: 58398659-5444-4325-9d21-95e6deb8d27a
                Copyright © © Hatem et al.; Licensee Bentham Open.
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                This is an open access articles licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 International Public License (CC BY-NC 4.0) ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode), which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided that the work is properly cited.

                History
                Date received : 30 December 2015
                Date revision received : 21 September 2015
                Date accepted : 29 September 2015
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                ScienceOpen disciplines: Dentistry
                Keywords: benign,histopathologica,libya,orofacial,retrospective,specimens.
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                Keywords: benign, histopathologica, libya, orofacial, retrospective, specimens.

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