Benign Soft Tissue Lesions of Oral Cavity: A Histopathological Study

Abstract

Background: To describe the histopathological types and frequency of the most common benign tumours of oral cavity reporting to the government referral hospital at Miraj in Maharashtra state. Materials and Methods: A retrospective analysis was made of the five year records of reports of oral biop-sy samples of patients maintained by the department of pathology. The data obtained was compiled for age, gender, site of the lesion and the histopathology features of the lesions. Results: Seventy of the 642 biopsy samples of the oral lesions reported in this five year period were categorised as benign oral tumours. Fibro-ma (48.6%) followed by squamous papilloma (28.6%) were found to be the commonest benign tumours. The buccal mucosa was the most commonest site of these benign tumours (44.3%). Conclusions: Fibroma is the commonest benign tumour of the oral cavity reporting to the referral government hospital at Miraj in Maharastra state. Keywords: Benign oral tumour, fibroma, oral cavity, soft tissue lesion, histopathology