Tumors and tumor-like lesions of the oral cavity and related structures in Israeli children.
The present study comprises a total of 966 biopsies of the oral cavity and related structures obtained from children aged < or =15 years and examined at the Division of Oral Pathology of The Hebrew University. These cases represent 7.15% of the total number of biopsies (13508) during a fifteen-year period (1978-1992). Seven hundred and seventy six (776) biopsies (80.3%) represented inflammatory processes, cysts, pulp pathology and congenital malformations. The remaining 190 biopsies (19.7%) comprised neoplastic and tumor-like lesions: 18 (9.5%) were benign odontogenic neoplasms, 77 (40.5%) were benign non-odontogenic neoplasms, 18 (9.5%) were malignant tumors and the remaining 77 cases (40.5%) were tumor-like lesions.
Division of Oral Pathology, The Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Jerusalem. ulmansky@md2.huji.ac.il
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D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009055:Mouth / Q000473:pathology; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D017678:Sex Distribution