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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= | |||
{{Reflist|2}} | {{Reflist|2}} | ||
[[Category:Head and neck pathology]] | [[Category:Head and neck pathology]] | ||