title: A retrospective study of oral and maxillofacial biopsy lesions in a pediatric population from southern Taiwan.
abstract: This is a retrospective study of biopsied oral lesions (N = 534) in a pediatric population (0-15 years old) in southern Taiwan. In this study, we included 6% of the 9672 biopsies performed from 1985 through 1996. The lesions were divided into three groups according to patients' ages, 0-5 years old; 6-10 years old; and 11-15 years old The majority of the samples were from the oldest age group (273/518). With the exclusion of normal tissues (N = 26), 518 samples were classified into four categories: inflammatory lesions, cystic lesions, tumor or tumor-like lesions, and other lesions. The largest number of lesions occurred in the inflammatory lesion group (46%). The 12 most frequently occurring lesions contributed about 78% of all the biopsies in the three age groups (0-15 years old). Frequencies of the lesions of mucous extravasation phenomenon, dentigerous cyst, fibrous dysplasia, and odontonia in our three pediatric age groups showed a significant proportion in the biopsies of the same lesions in the group of patients of all ages. These information may be valuable for both epidemiology and teaching.
authors.forename: Y K
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Yan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003560:Cysts / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D003803:Dentigerous Cyst / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005357:Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007570:Jaw Cysts / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D007571:Jaw Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D007573:Jaw Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D009078:Mucocele / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D009810:Odontoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D010000:Osteitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D011900:Ranula / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013280:Stomatitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology