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Clinicopathological Features of Patients Nominated for Head and Neck Biopsies: A One-Year Series
Background Head and neck lesions, which are predominantly benign, were widely reported. Some of these tumors are potentially neoplastic and others are non-neoplastic. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the clinicopathological features of patients nominated for head and neck biopsies. Methodology...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8017897/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33824817 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13666 |
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author | Alshammari, Fawaz D Alharbi, Samir Abdulkarim Bealy, Mohamed Ahmed B Idris, Khalid Abd Elmohsin Awad Elseed Alqahtani, Ali Ahmed Ahmed, Hussain G |
author_facet | Alshammari, Fawaz D Alharbi, Samir Abdulkarim Bealy, Mohamed Ahmed B Idris, Khalid Abd Elmohsin Awad Elseed Alqahtani, Ali Ahmed Ahmed, Hussain G |
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description | Background Head and neck lesions, which are predominantly benign, were widely reported. Some of these tumors are potentially neoplastic and others are non-neoplastic. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the clinicopathological features of patients nominated for head and neck biopsies. Methodology In this study, data regarding head and neck biopsies were retrieved from the Department of Pathology at King Khalid Hospital, Hai'l, Northern Saudi Arabia. Data referring to head and neck biopsies of patients who were diagnosed during the period from January 2018 to December 2018 were included. Results The initial clinical presentations were stated for 50/64 (78.1%) head and neck lesions, 12/64 (18.8%) head and neck cysts, 1/64 (1.6%) keloid, and 1/64 (1.6%) ischemia. With regard to the biopsy's site, most were taken from the nose followed by oral cavity, scalp, ear, face, and eye, constituting 19/64 (29.7%), 15/64 (23.4%), 9/64 (14.1%), 5/65 (7.8%), 4/64 (6.2%), and 3/64 (4.7%), respectively. Conclusion Head and neck benign lesions, predominantly inflammatory lesions, are common in Northern Saudi Arabia. Accurate identification of these lesions is important during histopathological diagnosis, as some have pathological features that mimic some potentially neoplastic lesions. |
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spelling | pubmed-80178972021-04-05 Clinicopathological Features of Patients Nominated for Head and Neck Biopsies: A One-Year Series Alshammari, Fawaz D Alharbi, Samir Abdulkarim Bealy, Mohamed Ahmed B Idris, Khalid Abd Elmohsin Awad Elseed Alqahtani, Ali Ahmed Ahmed, Hussain G Cureus Pathology Background Head and neck lesions, which are predominantly benign, were widely reported. Some of these tumors are potentially neoplastic and others are non-neoplastic. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the clinicopathological features of patients nominated for head and neck biopsies. Methodology In this study, data regarding head and neck biopsies were retrieved from the Department of Pathology at King Khalid Hospital, Hai'l, Northern Saudi Arabia. Data referring to head and neck biopsies of patients who were diagnosed during the period from January 2018 to December 2018 were included. Results The initial clinical presentations were stated for 50/64 (78.1%) head and neck lesions, 12/64 (18.8%) head and neck cysts, 1/64 (1.6%) keloid, and 1/64 (1.6%) ischemia. With regard to the biopsy's site, most were taken from the nose followed by oral cavity, scalp, ear, face, and eye, constituting 19/64 (29.7%), 15/64 (23.4%), 9/64 (14.1%), 5/65 (7.8%), 4/64 (6.2%), and 3/64 (4.7%), respectively. Conclusion Head and neck benign lesions, predominantly inflammatory lesions, are common in Northern Saudi Arabia. Accurate identification of these lesions is important during histopathological diagnosis, as some have pathological features that mimic some potentially neoplastic lesions. Cureus 2021-03-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8017897/ /pubmed/33824817 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13666 Text en Copyright © 2021, Alshammari et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Pathology Alshammari, Fawaz D Alharbi, Samir Abdulkarim Bealy, Mohamed Ahmed B Idris, Khalid Abd Elmohsin Awad Elseed Alqahtani, Ali Ahmed Ahmed, Hussain G Clinicopathological Features of Patients Nominated for Head and Neck Biopsies: A One-Year Series |
title | Clinicopathological Features of Patients Nominated for Head and Neck Biopsies: A One-Year Series |
title_full | Clinicopathological Features of Patients Nominated for Head and Neck Biopsies: A One-Year Series |
title_fullStr | Clinicopathological Features of Patients Nominated for Head and Neck Biopsies: A One-Year Series |
title_full_unstemmed | Clinicopathological Features of Patients Nominated for Head and Neck Biopsies: A One-Year Series |
title_short | Clinicopathological Features of Patients Nominated for Head and Neck Biopsies: A One-Year Series |
title_sort | clinicopathological features of patients nominated for head and neck biopsies: a one-year series |
topic | Pathology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8017897/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33824817 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13666 |
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