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Table 9 Number, sex and age distribution of patients presenting inflammatory/infective lesions

From: Retrospective study of biopsied head and neck lesions in a cohort of referral Taiwanese patients

Inflammatory/infective lesions

Male

Female

Age distribution (years)

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

  1. *Autoimmune disease.