Squamous cell carcinoma. Nests of atypical squamoid cells with keratin pearls infiltrating the stroma (H and E stain, X200).

Squamous cell carcinoma. Nests of atypical squamoid cells with keratin pearls infiltrating the stroma (H and E stain, X200).

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Introduction: Oral cavity lesions comprise a wide spectrum of diseases that varies from non-neoplastic to neoplastic. The clinical evaluation alone is insufficient for proper diagnosis in most cases. So, histopathological examination is the gold standard method for diagnosis and management of patients accordingly. Objective: The present study was d...

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... most common malignant lesion was squamous cell carcinoma which comprised 28 cases (93.6%) showing nests and lobules of atypical squamous cells, keratin pearls on histopathological examination (Figure 3) followed by adenoid cystic carcinoma comprised 2 cases (Figure 4). Out of the total 127 cases, 51 (40%) clinical diagnoses correlated with histopathological diagnoses. ...