@article {711,
	title = {A 10-year study of specimens submitted to oral pathology laboratory analysis: lesion occurrence and demographic features},
	journal = {Braz Oral Res},
	volume = {26},
	number = {3},
	year = {2012},
	note = {<p>Mendez, MarinaCarrard, Vinicius CoelhoHaas, Alex NogueiraLauxen, Isabel da SilvaBarbachan, Joao Jorge DinizRados, Pantelis VarvakiSant{\textquoteright}Ana Filho, ManoelengResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov{\textquoteright}tBrazil2012/05/30 06:00Braz Oral Res. 2012 May-Jun;26(3):235-41.</p>
},
	month = {May-Jun},
	pages = {235-41},
	abstract = {<p>The purpose of the present paper was to describe the range of lesions histologically diagnosed in an oral pathology laboratory in southern Brazil. A retrospective study of 8,168 specimen analyses recorded between 1995 and 2004 was conducted. The records were retrieved from the Oral Pathology Laboratory, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, RS, Brazil. A total of 6,831 valid cases (83.63\%) were examined. Of these, inflammatory lesions were the most common occurrences (n = 4,320; 63.24\%). Benign and malignant tumors accounted for 7.66\% (n = 523) and 1.9\% (n = 130) of the occurrences, respectively. Significant associations were observed between nonneoplastic proliferative disorders and benign mesenchymal tumors in females, and between squamous cell carcinoma and leukoplakia in males. Most diagnoses were benign in nature and had an inflammatory etiology. The association of some demographic characteristics with the occurrence of lesions suggests that these characteristics should be considered in performing differential diagnoses.</p>
},
	keywords = {Adult, Age Distribution, Brazil/epidemiology, Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/epidemiology/pathology, Female, Humans, Logistic Models, Male, Middle Aged, Mouth Diseases/*epidemiology/pathology, Mouth Neoplasms/epidemiology/pathology, Odds Ratio, Pathology, Oral/*statistics \& numerical data, Retrospective Studies, Sex Distribution},
	isbn = {1807-3107 (Electronic)1806-8324 (Linking)},
	url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22641443},
	author = {Mendez, M. and Carrard, V. C. and Haas, A. N. and Lauxen Ida, S. and Barbachan, J. J. and Rados, P. V. and Sant{\textquoteright}Ana Filho, M.}
}
