title: A survey of oral biopsies in Brazilian pediatric patients.
abstract: This paper presents a review of 1018 oral biopsies in pediatric patients from the Oral Pathology Service, Minas Gerais Federal University, Brazil. The lesions were divided into ten main categories. The most common oral lesions in this study were follicular cyst in the maxillary anterior region, followed by inflammatory fibrous hyperplasia in the same region, and mucocele in the lower lip. Cysts of the jaws and oral soft tissues comprised 26.1 percent of total oral biopsies. The importance of these findings in oral diagnosis is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Surgery and Pathology, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Minas Gerais.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Maia
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Merly
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Gomez
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D005355:Fibrosis; D005497:Follicular Cyst / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D007570:Jaw Cysts / Q000453:epidemiology; D007573:Jaw Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D008439:Maxillary Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D009078:Mucocele / Q000453:epidemiology; D013280:Stomatitis / Q000453:epidemiology