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ArticleIranian journal of pathology2017

Correlation of Vascularization and Inflammation with Severity of Oral Leukoplakia.

Fatemeh Mashhadiabbas, Masoume Fayazi-Boroujeni

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Article in Iranian journal of pathology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Fatemeh MashhadiabbasDept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Dental school, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Masoume Fayazi-BoroujeniShahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran.
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IRShahrekord University of Medical Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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objectiveChanges in submucosal vascularization and inflammation, determined by immunohistochemistry staining, were shown to be correlated with the development of dysplasia and invasiveness of epithelial cells in premalignant and malignant lesions. This study evaluated changes in sections routinely stained with Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E) in order to investigate vascular density and intensity of inflammatory cells infiltration during the progression of oral leukoplakia with mild dysplasia to Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC).The aim of the research was to determine whether changes in sub-mucosal vascularity and inflammatory infiltration of leukoplakia in routine H&E-stained sections could contribute to the assessment of severity of the lesion.

methodsIn this cross-sectional, comparative and descriptive study, vascular density and inflammation intensity of 125 available samples of H&E-stained sections, consisting of 35 cases of mild and moderate dysplasia, 38 severe dysplasia and carcinoma in situ, and 52 SCC, were investigated. To analyze the data, chi-square test, Mann-Whitney test, Kruskal-Wallis test, Tukey's post hoc test, and cumulative ordinal logistic regression were conducted.

resultsThere was a significantly higher vascular density in cases with severe dysplasia, in situ carcinoma, and SCC compared to those with mild to moderate dysplasia (

conclusionsIncreased submucosal vascularization and inflammatory cells infiltration can contribute further to predicting more aggressive epithelial dysplasia.

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