title: Artifacts in oral biopsy specimens: a case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Huat
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D006801:Humans; D010509:Periodontal Cyst / Q000473:pathology*