Table 3.
Histopathological categories of the reviewed samples
| Details (n = 327) |
Histopathological diagnosis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negative | Positive | ||||
| Negative (n = 142) | Borderline lesion – (n = 32) |
Borderline lesion + (n = 4) |
OIN/CIS (n = 12) | Positive (n = 137) | |
| Benign tumor | 41 | ||||
| Inflammation | 41 | ||||
| Leukoplakia | 21 | ||||
| Lichen planus | 14 | ||||
| No malignancy | 10 | ||||
| Epulis | 9 | ||||
| Mucocele | 4 | ||||
| Candidiasis | 1 | ||||
| Pemphigus vulgaris | 1 | ||||
| Dysplasia mild | 28 | ||||
| mild–moderate | 2 | ||||
| moderate | 2 | ||||
| severe | 4 | ||||
| OIN/CIS | 12 | ||||
| Squamous cell carcinoma | 130 | ||||
| Other malignancy | 7 | ||||
OIN oral intraepithelial neoplasia, CIS carcinoma in situ