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DIAGNOSIS, ORAL + methods

1. Hatipoglu H, Yaylak F, Hatipoglu MG. Primary Diagnosis of an Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma by the Dentist: Case Report. Acta Stomatol Croat. 2008;42(4):342-9.
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   Title in English:	Primary Diagnosis of an Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma by the Dentist: Case Report
   Title in Croatian:	Primarnu dijagnozu anaplastičnog karcinoma štitnjače postavio je stomatolog: prikaz slučaja
   Type of Article:	professional paper
   MeSH:	DIAGNOSIS, ORAL + methods PHYSISCAL EXAMINATION THYROID NEOPLASMS DENTAL CLINICS
   Abstract:	A thorough/systematic medical history taking and extra-/intraoral examination is essential in the primary evaluation and in the management of the patients with any neck and facial pathology in the dental clinics. This approach is crucial in the initial evaluation and the management of the patients with several clinical conditions which may be frequently diagnosed primarily by the dentist in the neck and prevent unnecessary therapeutic interventions in the dental clinics. In this case report, an 85 years old female, who was primarily diagnosed with anaplastic carcinoma of the thyroid gland after initial evaluation for pain in the middle mandibular region in our dental clinic, was presented. Medical history was not specific except hypertension. In thorough intraoral examination no pathology was observed to explain the pain. Maxillary jaw was edentulous. In extra oral examination cervical asymmetry due to an unrecognized mass in the left thyroidal lobe with the enlargement of the left inferior cervical lymph nodes was noted. No dental therapeutic intervention was planned in the dental clinic. After diagnostic workup the patient was treated with total thyroidectomy without cervical dissection. Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma was confirmed with histopathological examination. This case was interesting to recall the importance of the thorough/systemic medical history taking and extra-/intraoral examination in the initial evaluation of the patients in the dental clinic, which should not be ignored to prevent unnecessary interventions in the dental clinics.

2. Macan D, Kobler P, Knežević G, Grgurević J, Švajhler T, Krmpotić I, Bunarević A, Manojlović S, Saleh AN. [Comparison of clinical and histopathological diagnosis in oral surgery]. Acta Stomatol Croat. 1991;25(3):177-85.
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   Title in English:	Comparison of clinical and histopathological diagnosis in oral surgery
   Title in Croatian:	Usporedba kliničke i patohistološke dijagnoze u oralnoj kirurgiji
   Type of Article:	professional paper
   MeSH:	MOUTH DISEASES + diagnosis MOUTH NEOPLASMS DIAGNOSIS, ORAL + methods
   Abstract:	Only a successful cooperation of an oral surgeon and the pathologist can ensure a reliable diagnosis. The authors have analyzed operations performed during 1990 at outpatient clinic of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Zagreb, School of Dentistry. Clinical appearance of the disease and clinical diagnosis sometimes enable us to recognize the real nature of the disease. The clinical diagnosis in correlation with the histological diagnosis can be either denied or improved. The aim of this investigation was to correlate the clinical and the histological diagnosis and to find out the number of improvement. Material most often sent for histological examination was an operated cyst. Although the removed tissues were analyzed under different clinical diagnoses, approximately 70% of the clinical diagnoses corresponded to the histopathological findings. In one case the clinical diagnosis of benign lesion--hyperkeratosis-- was after histopathological examination find as carcinoma planocellulare. The authors recommend every part of the excised tissue to be sent for a histopathological examination.