Ogura I, Amagasa T, Fujii E, Yoshimasu H
First Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan.
J Craniomaxillofac Surg. 1998 Apr;26(2):107-11. doi: 10.1016/s1010-5182(98)80049-8.
The quantitative differences in consistency of normal mucosa, leukoplakia and squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue were studied. Forty-five patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue, 26 with leukoplakia and 80 with normal tongues were examined using an instrument capable of measuring consistency as a function of the load (in grams) needed to displace tongue mucosa by 2.0 mm using a probe 2.0 mm in diameter. The mean value for consistency in tongue carcinoma, leukoplakia and normal tongue was 22.1 +/- 8.0 g, 8.3 +/- 2.0 g and 4.8 +/- 0.7 g, respectively. Differences in consistency among these entities were significant (P < 0.001). Furthermore, consistency in tongue carcinoma was significantly correlated to tumour thickness (r = 0.954, P < 0.001). It was concluded that the consistency in tongue lesions was objectively and quantitatively evaluated by this method, and this technique could measure the thickness of the tumorous lesions preoperatively.
对正常黏膜、白斑及舌鳞状细胞癌的质地定量差异进行了研究。使用一种仪器对45例舌鳞状细胞癌患者、26例白斑患者及80例正常舌患者进行了检查，该仪器能够根据用直径2.0毫米的探头将舌黏膜推移2.0毫米所需的负荷（以克为单位）来测量质地。舌癌、白斑及正常舌的质地平均值分别为22.1±8.0克、8.3±2.0克和4.8±0.7克。这些病变之间的质地差异具有显著性（P<0.001）。此外，舌癌的质地与肿瘤厚度显著相关（r=0.954，P<0.001）。得出的结论是，通过该方法可对舌部病变的质地进行客观定量评估，且该技术能够在术前测量肿瘤性病变的厚度。
