Mohanta A
Vani Vihar, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha
India
Research Article
Cytomorphometric Analysis of Non-keratinized Malignant Squamous Cells in Exfoliated Cytosmears of Human Oral Neoplasm
Author(s): Mohanta A and Mohanty PK
Mohanta A and Mohanty PK
Objectives: During the present investigation, a unique type of pleomorphic cytological atypia- named as nonkeratinized malignant squamous cell (NMSC) was frequently observed in the exfoliated cytosmears of the oral cancer patients. Details of these peculiar atypical, pleomorphic cells have not been reported earlier. Therefore, an attempt has been undertaken to find out the practical utility of NMSCs during difficult diagnoses and in early detection of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) cases through cytomorphometric analysis.
Materials and Methods: In a hospital-based case-control study exfoliated scrape smears were collected from the clinically diagnosed 136 patients suffering from precancerous lesions and cancerous cases and a parallel set of 136 samples were also collected from the non-addicted and non-cancerous healthy individuals considered as control group. Wet fixed sme.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2157-2518.1000247