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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
A multicenter study of oral sarcomas in Brazil
Oral Diseases, Volume 26, No. 1, Year 2020
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Description
Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of oral sarcomas from geographic regions of Brazil. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on biopsies obtained from January 2007 to December 2016 at twelve Brazilian oral and maxillofacial pathology centres. Gender, age, evolution time, clinical aspects, tumour location, tumour size at diagnosis, radiographic aspects and histopathological diagnosis were evaluated. Data were analysed using descriptive statistical methods. Results: From 176,537, a total of 200 (0.11%) oral sarcomas were reported, and the most prevalent were osteosarcomas (74 cases; 37%) and Kaposi's sarcomas (52 cases; 26%). Males were more affected than females at a mean age of 32.2 years old (range of 3–87 years). The most common symptoms were swelling¸ localised pain and bleeding at a mean evolution time of 5.14 months (range <1–156 months). The lesions were mostly observed in the mandible (90 cases; 45%), with a mean tumour size of 3.4 cm (range of 0.3–15 cm). Radiographically, the lesions presented a radiolucent aspect showing cortical bone destruction and ill-defined limits. Conclusions: Oral sarcomas are rare lesions with more than 50 described subtypes. Osteosarcomas and Kaposi's sarcomas were the main sarcomas of the oral cavity in Brazil. © 2019 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. All rights reserved
Authors & Co-Authors
Pontes, Flávia Sirotheau Corrêa
Brazil, Belem
Universidade Federal do Pará
de Cáceres, Cínthia Verónica Bardález López
Brazil, Campinas
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Lopes, Márcio Ajudarte
Brazil, Campinas
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Santos-Silva, Alan Roger
Brazil, Campinas
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Vargas, P. A.
Brazil, Campinas
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Andrade, Bruno Augusto Benevenuto De
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Romañach, Mário José
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Gomez, Ricardo Santiago
Brazil, Belo Horizonte
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Costa, Sara Ferreira Dos Santos
Brazil, Belo Horizonte
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Mendonça, E. F.
Brazil, Goiania
Universidade Federal de Goiás
Pinto Júnior, Décio Dos Santos S.
Brazil, Sao Paulo
Universidade de São Paulo
Gondak, Rogério Oliveira
Brazil, Florianopolis
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Santos, Jean Nunes
Brazil, Salvador
Universidade Federal da Bahia
Martins, Manoela Domingues
Brazil, Porto Alegre
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Almeida, Oslei Paes de
Brazil, Campinas
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Fonseca, Felipe Paiva
Brazil, Belo Horizonte
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Pontes, Hélder Antônio Rebelo
Brazil, Belem
Universidade Federal do Pará
Brazil, Campinas
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Statistics
Citations: 19
Authors: 17
Affiliations: 14
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/odi.13211
ISSN:
1354523X
Research Areas
Cancer
Health System And Policy
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative
Participants Gender
Female