Pallagatti Shambulingappa, Sheikh Soheyl, Puri Nidhi, Gupta Deepak, Singh Balwinder
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, MM College of Dental Sciences and Research, Mullana, Ambala, Haryana, India.
Indian J Dent Res. 2011 Nov-Dec;22(6):810-5. doi: 10.4103/0970-9290.94676.
Oral squamous cell carcinoma is the most common cancer of the oral cavity. The survival rates for oral cancer patients will significantly be improved provided lesions are detected and treated at the infancy stage. Early diagnosis is therefore of paramount importance. Histopathological examination is considered as the gold standard in diagnosing oral lesions. Therefore, the selection for a biopsy site is highly significant. In this article, we present a current review of the colposcope and oral application of the colposcopy technique and its use as an adjunct in the early diagnosis of premalignant and malignant lesions of the oral mucosa. We stress upon the fact that colposcopy (direct oral microscopy) of oral mucosal lesions helps in selecting more representative sites for biopsy than routine clinical examination alone. Because of its precision, versatility, ease of use, and being a non-invasive technique, colposcopy might prove to be a useful step toward continuing to learn and improve the care for our patients.
口腔鳞状细胞癌是口腔最常见的癌症。如果在早期阶段发现并治疗病变，口腔癌患者的生存率将显著提高。因此，早期诊断至关重要。组织病理学检查被认为是诊断口腔病变的金标准。因此，活检部位的选择非常重要。在本文中，我们对阴道镜及阴道镜技术在口腔的应用及其作为口腔黏膜癌前病变和恶性病变早期诊断辅助手段的应用进行了综述。我们强调这样一个事实，即对口腔黏膜病变进行阴道镜检查（直接口腔显微镜检查）比单纯的常规临床检查更有助于选择更具代表性的活检部位。由于其精确性、多功能性、易用性以及非侵入性技术的特点，阴道镜检查可能会成为持续学习和改善患者护理的有用一步。
