Qualification of abrasive cytology in the diagnosis of maxillofacial skin and mucosal disorders
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Cytological evaluation of cutaneous and mucosal tumors presents a diagnostic challenge. Preoperative diagnosis is of great importance for the right choice of treatment, in the maxillofacial surgery. The recognition of the lesions may be accomplished by clinical, radiological, cytological and histopathological examination. Cytological examination of cutaneous tumors is not as yet a well recognized modality (1,2), due to the fact that surgical excision and biopsy are easy to perform. Qualification of abrasive cytology in the diagnosis of maxillofacial skin and mucosal disorders
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تاریخ انتشار 2003