| Literature DB >> 23120232 |
Mahesh Chandra Hedge1, Panduranga M Kamath, Suja Shreedharan, Naveen Kumar Dannana, Ravikumar M Raju.
Abstract
The efficacy of supravital staining in the detection of malignancies in oro and oropharyngeal lesions and its role in the detection of malignant changes in premalignant lesions were studied. This prospective study comprises 90 cases of clinically suspicious lesions and it was done over a period of 3 years. Most of the patients had multiple risk factors for the development of malignancy. All underwent staining with a modified solution of 1% toluidine blue (TB). In our study the overall sensitivity was 97.29% and the specificity was 62.5%.Entities:
Keywords: Supravital staining; cancer detection; oral and oropharyngeal malignancy; premalignant conditions; toluidine blue
Year: 2006 PMID: 23120232 PMCID: PMC3450620 DOI: 10.1007/BF02907735
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg ISSN: 2231-3796