Artifacts in oral biopsy specimens: a case report.
Artifacts in oral surgical specimens could be ascribed to tissue alteration before, during or after biopsy procedures. A case of mandibular ameloblastoma presenting with a series of vacuoles in the subgingival tissue is described. The differential diagnosis and significance of these artifacts are discussed.
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D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D006801:Humans; D010509:Periodontal Cyst / Q000473:pathology*