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  • * A clinical examination revealed increased volume in the right supraorbital region, leading to facial asymmetry, exophthalmia (bulging eyes), and restricted eye movement.
  • * After the tumor, measuring about 4 cm with an irregular shape, was surgically removed, histopathological tests confirmed it was an osteoma, and the patient has been complication-free for 2.5 years post-surgery.
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Referral letters in oral medicine: an approach for the general dental practitioner.

Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg

October 2001

Oral Medicine Service, Department of Diagnosis and Surgery, School of Dentistry Araraquara-UNESP, São Paulo, Brazil.

The aim of this study was to analyze the contents of referral letters related to clinical history and reason for consultation. A total of 236 consecutive referral letters were evaluated. Analysis of the referral letters was based on key items concerning patient identification, chief complaint, previous consultation, laboratory investigation and use of drugs for the chief complaint.

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Reliability of toluidine blue application in the detection of oral epithelial dysplasia and in situ and invasive squamous cell carcinomas.

Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod

May 2001

Oral Medicine Service, Department of Diagnosis and Surgery, School of Dentistry Araraquara-UNESP, São Paulo, Brazil.

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the reliability of in vivo staining with toluidine blue in the detection of oral epithelial dysplasia, in situ carcinoma, and invasive squamous cell carcinomas in potentially malignant epithelial lesions (PMELs) and superficial oral ulcerations suggesting malignancy.

Study Design: Fifty patients with PMELs and superficial oral ulcerations suggestive of malignancy were selected from those treated at the Oral Medicine Service, Faculty of Dentistry, Araraquara, Brazil. All lesions were submitted to staining with an aqueous solution of 1% toluidine blue, followed by biopsy and histologic analysis.

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