The aim was to evaluate and compare the presence of myofibroblasts in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), verrucous carcinoma (VC), high-risk epithelial dysplasia (HRED), low-risk epithelial dysplasia (LRED), and normal oral mucosa (NOM). The study consisted of 37 OSCC, 15 VC, 15 HRED, 15 LRED and 15 NOM. a-smooth muscle actin (a-SMA) antibody was used to identify myofibroblasts. The a-SMA expression was not observed in NOM and LRED. The a-SMA was expressed in 97.29% of OSCC, 86.66% of VC, 46.66 % of HRED. The a-SMA expression was significantly higher in OSCC than VC (p = 0.023) and HRED (p \ 0.000). The a-SMA expression was significantly higher in VC than HRED (p = 0.043). Myofibroblastic expression, as highlighted by a-SMA, is undetectable in NOM and LRED but increases as the disease progresses from potentially malignant disorders, as HRED to VC to invasive OSCC. Thus, proliferation of myofibroblasts may be used as a stromal marker of oral premalignancy and malignancy.
Background: The aim of the study was to evaluate the relation between height of an individual with the circumference of skull and combined mesiodistal width (CMDW) of the permanent maxillary anterior teeth in forensic and medicolegal investigations.
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