ORAL MELANOTIC MACULES - A REVIEW OF 353 CASES

Authors
KAUGARS GE HEISE AP RILEY WT ABBEY LM SVIRSKY JA
Citation
Ge. Kaugars et al., ORAL MELANOTIC MACULES - A REVIEW OF 353 CASES, Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, 76(1), 1993, pp. 59-61
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology,Surgery,"Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304220
Volume
76
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
59 - 61
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4220(1993)76:1<59:OMM-AR>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Clinical and histopathologic data were obtained on 353 cases of oral m elanotic macules. The mean age at the time of diagnosis for all sites was 43.1 years. A significant predilection for females (p < 0.001) was noted and the most common location was the lower lip (33.0%). The mea n size of the lesions was 6.8 mm. Brown was the most common color (64. 9%), and most (66.0%) of the lesions were described as flat. Melanin w as evident in both the basal cell layer and lamina propria in 93.5% of the cases.