Leukoplakia is defined as a predominantly white lesion of the oral mucosa that cannot be characterized as any other definable lesion. Histopathological diagnosis is needed to evaluate prognosis of this lesion. Chewing tobacco and smoking are distinct risk factors particularly among males in certain countries; however it has been noted that females or non-smokers may be at risk of malignant tran...

OBJECTIVE The prevalence, patients' age and sex and the site of the lesions are important factors for diagnosis and they may be different in various populations. The aim of this study was to determine the type and distribution of orofacial tumors among children and adolescents in an Iranian population METHODS In this retrospective, case series study, data about the type, age, sex and site of ...

BACKGROUND Uterine sarcomas are rare gynecological malignancies with a high mortality. There is the need to determine its frequency, clinical presentation and histologic variants. This may form the basis for further research and management in order to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with it. DESIGN A 12-year hospital based retrospective clinico-pathological study. SETTING Univ...

BACKGROUND Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is a common diffuse parenchymal lung disease in Egypt which can be difficult to recognize due to the dynamic symptoms & associated environmental factors. METHODS Forty-three Egyptian patients were enrolled in this study, presenting with dyspnea and cough, predominant ground-glass opacity (GGO) in high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) where lun...

Thirty-six cases of necrotizing lymphadenitis--including 33 cases of unknown etiology, 1 typhoid lymphadenopathy, and 2 cases of suspicious lupus lymphadenopathy--were clinico-pathologically reviewed and analyzed with immunostaining for s-100 and lysozyme. All cases histologically showed architectural effacement by paracortical lesions composed of nuclear karyorrhexis and mononuclear cell proli...

INTRODUCTION Oral Lichen Planus (OLP) and Oral Lichenoid Lesions (OLLs) are clinically and histopathologically similar lesions but with different etiologies and treatment plan, thus differentiating these two has been the center of many researches. Studies in different populations have been performed on clinical and histopathologic features of OLP and OLLs. Thus aim of the present study was to e...

BACKGROUND Intraoral minor salivary glands tumors (MSGT) are uncommon, with geographic variations in frequency and distribution. This study analyzed the clinic-pathologic features of these tumors in Shiraz, southern Iran. METHODS All of cases histopathologically recorded as epithelial MSGT in Pathology Department of Khalili Hospital from 2002 to 2009 were evaluated with regard to patient's ag...