Difference between revisions of "Oral pathology"

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==See also==
==Amalgam tattoo==
===General===
*Benign and common.
*Material from a dental filling.<ref name=Ref_NaNP215>Ref NaNP|215</ref>
*May be confused with a [[melanocytic lesion]].
 
===Gross===
*Pigmented lesion.
 
Image:
*[http://www.surgical-dentistry.info/AmalgamTattoo.html Amalgam tattoo (surgical-dentistry.info)].
===Microscopic===
Features:
*Fine powdery black material in the epithelial tissue - '''key feature'''.
**May be clumped.
*+/-Foreign body-type [[giant cells]] - uncommon.
 
DDx:
*[[Melanocytic lesions]].
*Other [[pigmented material]].
 
===Sign out===
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MOUTH, BIOPSY:
- AMALGAM TATTOO.
- SQUAMOUS MUCOSA WITH PARAKERATOSIS.
- SUBEPITHELIAL CALCIFICATIONS.
- NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY.
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=See also=
*[[Head and neck cytopathology]].
*[[Head and neck cytopathology]].
*[[Odontogenic tumours and cysts]].
*[[Odontogenic tumours and cysts]].


==References==
=References=
{{Reflist|2}}
{{Reflist|2}}


[[Category:Head and neck pathology]]
[[Category:Head and neck pathology]]