From: Retrospective study of biopsied head and neck lesions in a cohort of referral Taiwanese patients
Inflammatory/infective lesions | Male | Female | Age distribution (years) | |||||||||
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0-9 | 10-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-59 | 60-69 | 70-79 | 80-89 | 90-99 | |||
Candidiasis | 1908 | 627 | 13 | 8 | 52 | 290 | 614 | 872 | 328 | 275 | 79 | 4 |
Inflammation | 1149 | 672 | 21 | 55 | 134 | 191 | 434 | 512 | 191 | 196 | 83 | 4 |
Apical granuloma | 551 | 844 | 0 | 49 | 242 | 312 | 340 | 320 | 55 | 66 | 10 | 1 |
Non-specific ulcer | 728 | 258 | 6 | 21 | 46 | 103 | 210 | 290 | 162 | 105 | 43 | 0 |
Mucocele | 539 | 428 | 103 | 179 | 320 | 161 | 91 | 66 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 0 |
Lymphadenitis | 539 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 86 | 228 | 179 | 62 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
Pyogenic granuloma | 323 | 189 | 8 | 13 | 44 | 93 | 128 | 134 | 43 | 40 | 8 | 1 |
Granulation tissue | 307 | 196 | 12 | 37 | 38 | 57 | 108 | 136 | 46 | 55 | 13 | 1 |
Lichen planus* | 201 | 268 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 59 | 121 | 177 | 45 | 30 | 4 | 0 |
Osteomyelitis | 141 | 145 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 45 | 76 | 39 | 64 | 25 | 5 |
Sequestrum | 149 | 113 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 39 | 72 | 44 | 50 | 25 | 3 |
Sialadenitis | 87 | 103 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 29 | 45 | 66 | 9 | 21 | 5 | 0 |
Scar tissue | 145 | 32 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 49 | 49 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 1 |
Inflammatory fibrous hyperplasia | 94 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 27 | 40 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Apical scar | 63 | 69 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 36 | 36 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Acanthosis | 89 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 27 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Necrotic tissue | 72 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 35 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
Mucositis | 56 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Osteoradionecrosis | 53 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
Fibrosis | 28 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Foreign body granuloma | 33 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Ranula | 20 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sinusitis | 22 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Sialoithiasis | 20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Gingival hyperplasia | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Osteosclerosis | 9 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tuberculosis | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Epulis granulomatosum | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Pemphigus vulgaris* | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Actinomycosis | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Sjogren syndrome* | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Periodontitis | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Condensing osteitis | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Gingivitis | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fistula | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Epulis fissuratum | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Periapical abscess | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Glossitis | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Thrombus | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Polyp | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pulp stone | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pulpitis | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Plasma cell granuloma | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Amyloidosis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Pemphigoid | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paget's disease | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Histioplasmosis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Herpes simplex infection | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pericornitis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Myositis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Phlebolith with thrombosis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psoriasiform mucositis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Acanthosis nigricans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tonsilitis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chondroid hyperplasia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nodular fascitis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Socket sclerosis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Caries | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Varicosities | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lupus erythematosus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sialodochitis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Phycomycosis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 7466 | 4309 | 180 | 414 | 1068 | 1620 | 2700 | 3335 | 1123 | 1000 | 315 | 20 |