Histopathologic Patterns of Oral and Maxillofacial Masses in Southwestern Ethiopia: A 5-Year Retrospective Study.
Oral and maxillofacial region includes nasal cavity, sinuses, the lips, oral cavity,
maxilla, mandible and the major and minor salivary glands with the overlying skin and soft tissues.
This area is common site for different lesions, including the inflammatory and neoplastic lesions. Neoplastic tumors, in the area, account 5% of all human neoplasia.
The distribution of these tumors’ changes with the socio-demographic change
throughout the world and is not well-studied on the study area.
To assess the histopathologic patterns of oral and maxillofacial masses
among patients attending Histopathology Unit of Pathology Department
in Jimma Medical Center from September 11, 2016 to September 10, 2021.
The study was conducted from May 1, 2021 to August 30, 2021 GC. The result of this research shows the distribution of oral and maxillofacial tumors varies with the age, sex and anatomic site of
the patients.
OMF mass is common on the early adult age period and the risk of malignant tumors increases in those with age ≥41-years and the commonest malignant tumor is squamous cell carcinoma but in children and adolescents’ benign tumors specially fibroepithelial polyps are the commonest with male predominance.
Oral and maxillofacial region includes nasal cavity, sinuses, the lips, oral cavity, maxilla, mandible and the major and minor salivary glands with the overlying skin and soft tissues.
This area is common site for different lesions, including the inflammatory and neoplastic lesions.
Neoplastic tumors, in the area, account 5% of all human Neoplasia. Due to the anatomic complexity of the area, inflammatory masses and tumors affecting oral and perioral tissues often present a diagnostic challenge to the pathologist and the surgeon.
Pathol Lab Med Open J. 2022; 1(1): 83-90. doi: 10.17140/PLMOJ-1-113