Retrospective analysis of benign and premalign lesions in the oral cavity

Background The aim of this study was to retrospectively analyze the patients who were biopsied from the oral cavity and histopathologically diagnosed as benign and premalignant. Methods In this study, we retrospectively examined histopathological diagnosis, sex and age groups of 67 patients who underwent incisional or excisional biopsy of the oral mucosa and diagnosed as benign or premalignant in the otorhinolaryngology clinic of a tertiary hospital between January 2014 and January 2019. Results A total of 67 patients were included in our study, 33 (49.3%) were male and 34 (50.7%) were female. The mean age of the patients was 44.90 ± 19.77 years. According to age distribution, numbers of patients in 10-20, 21-30, 31-40, 41-50- 51-60, 61-70 and 71-80 age groups were 12 (17.9%), 8 (11.9%), 6 (9%), 9 (13%), 16 (23.9%), 10 (14.9%) and 6 (9%), respectively. The most common benign lesions were pyogenic granuloma (10.4%) and radicular cyst (11.4%). Conclusions As a result, biopsies should be performed to exclude malignancy in the oral cavity. In addition, the diagnosis of rare lesions is important in terms of treatment management