A retrospective analysis of oral and maxillofacial pathology in a pediatric population from Rio de Janeiro–Brazil over a 75-year period

• Main Authors: Agostini, M. (Author), de Andrade, B.-A.-B (Author), Prosdócimo, M.-L (Author), Romañach, M.-J (Author)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Medicina Oral S.L. 2018
• Subjects: adolescent; Adolescent; adult; Article; Brazil; Burkitt lymphoma; child; Child; Child, Preschool; Children; female; Female; fibromuscular dysplasia; hamartoma; human; Humans; incidence; infant; Infant; infection; jaw disease; male; Male; Maxillary Diseases; maxillofacial disorder; mouth disease; Mouth Diseases; mouth lesion; mucocele; odontogenic cyst; Oral cavity; Oral lesions; Pathology; Pediatrics; preschool child; Retrospective Studies; retrospective study; salivary gland; teratoma; time factor; Time Factors; urban health; Urban Health; young adult; Young Adult
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 Background: The aim of this study was to analyze the distribution of oral and maxillofacial lesions affecting children and adolescents patients from a single oral pathology laboratory from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Material and Methods: Oral and maxillofacial lesions biopsied in patients younger than 19-years were retrieved from the oral pathology files of the Department of Oral Diagnosis and Pathology, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro over a 75-year period (1942-2017). The clinical data and the diagnoses of each case were included in a Microsoft Excel® database, being classified into 13 categories according to the etiology. A descriptive analysis of the variables age, gender and final diagnosis was made. Results: From 19.095 lesions diagnosed in this period, 2408 (12.61%) were from patients aged 0 to19 years, with a higher incidence in females in the second decade. Salivary gland pathology was the most common group of lesions (24.30%), followed by reactive lesions (16.82%) and odontogenic cysts (14.66%). Mucocele was the most common lesion (21.72%), followed by dentigerous cyst (6.48%) and fibrous hyperplasia (6.44%). Malignant lesions were observed in 1.12% of all cases with Burkitt lymphoma as the most frequent. Conclusions: Our results were similar to previous studies and knowledge of these data may contribute to the understanding of oral lesions that most commonly affects children. © Medicina Oral S. L. C.I.F.