title: Lugol's iodine identifies dysplastic tissue in precancerous lesions: A clinical trial.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Intraepithelial dysplasia, or "invisible" precancerous lesions, provides a challenge for visualization to the surgical team. The prognostic relevance of dysplasia and carcinomain situat surgical margins is well documented.
  
  
  METHODS
  We evaluated the use of Lugol's iodine in visualizing the surgical margins of dysplastic tissue by an observational study of 100 patients having oral precancerous lesions between June 2013 and March 2016.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Lugol's iodine is a simple, inexpensive, and apparently effective means of diagnosing and visualizing the surgical margins of the dysplastic tissue in oral precancerous lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Al-Badar Dental College and Hospital, Gulbarga, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Shereen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fatima
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Al-Badar Dental College and Hospital, Gulbarga, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Rajarshi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Basu
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Al-Badar Dental College and Hospital, Gulbarga, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Neelakamal H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Hallur
keywords: Head and neck cancer; Lugol's iodine; oral dysplasia; oral precancerous lesions