Authors :
Dr. Reena Vare; Dr. Nidhi Desai
Volume/Issue :
Volume 8 - 2023, Issue 3 - March
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7770954
Abstract :
The various smokeless tobacco habits
practiced throughout the world include tobacco
chewing and snuff dipping. Smokeless tobacco products
have been linked to precancerous and cancers of oral
cavity for long. The aim of the present study was to
record various mucosal lesions associated with
smokeless tobacco usage and to ascertain the prevalence
of dysplasia in them by histopathological evaluation and
to see the extent of disease seen among patients
associated with a habit of smokeless form of tobacco.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: 112 patients with the
clinical diagnosis of smokeless tobacco related lesions
were selected. A detailed description of the clinical
presentation of the lesion was noted and the patients
were subjected to incisional biopsy followed by a
histopathological evaluation.
RESULTS: 38 (33.93%) of the patients were confirmed
cases of Carcinoma followed by 23 (20.54%) with
OSMF and 20 (17.86%) with aphthous ulcers. Rest of
the final diagnosis were distributed wide. We found that
buccal mucosa was the most commonest site of lesion
with the incidence of about 37.5% followed by tongue
among 20.54%. Pre-malignant lesions was found among
74 (66.07%) patients included in our study where as 38
(33.93%) patients found with maliganant lesions.
CONCLUSION: Thus, the study highlights the role of
detecting oral mucosal lesions and screening high-risk
patients on a regular basis and also reaffirms the
importance of public education, stressing the risk
factors for oral cancers.
Keywords :
SMOKELESS TOBACCO, ORAL MUCOSAL LESIONS, PREMALIGNANT LESION, ORAL CARCINOMA
The various smokeless tobacco habits
practiced throughout the world include tobacco
chewing and snuff dipping. Smokeless tobacco products
have been linked to precancerous and cancers of oral
cavity for long. The aim of the present study was to
record various mucosal lesions associated with
smokeless tobacco usage and to ascertain the prevalence
of dysplasia in them by histopathological evaluation and
to see the extent of disease seen among patients
associated with a habit of smokeless form of tobacco.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: 112 patients with the
clinical diagnosis of smokeless tobacco related lesions
were selected. A detailed description of the clinical
presentation of the lesion was noted and the patients
were subjected to incisional biopsy followed by a
histopathological evaluation.
RESULTS: 38 (33.93%) of the patients were confirmed
cases of Carcinoma followed by 23 (20.54%) with
OSMF and 20 (17.86%) with aphthous ulcers. Rest of
the final diagnosis were distributed wide. We found that
buccal mucosa was the most commonest site of lesion
with the incidence of about 37.5% followed by tongue
among 20.54%. Pre-malignant lesions was found among
74 (66.07%) patients included in our study where as 38
(33.93%) patients found with maliganant lesions.
CONCLUSION: Thus, the study highlights the role of
detecting oral mucosal lesions and screening high-risk
patients on a regular basis and also reaffirms the
importance of public education, stressing the risk
factors for oral cancers.
Keywords :
SMOKELESS TOBACCO, ORAL MUCOSAL LESIONS, PREMALIGNANT LESION, ORAL CARCINOMA