Oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) is characterized by excessive deposition of collagen in the connective tissue leading to secondary changes in epithelium. It has multifactorial etiology. This case reports Oral Submucous Fibrosis occurring in a 28 year old male with a history of betel quid chewing. Various treatment modalities are proposed such as nutritional support, immunomodulatory drugs, physi...

Conclusion: The incidence and intensity of Candida (primarily C. albicans) was greater in OSMF patients than in healthy controls, but these findings were within the normal limit (3-47%). Therefore, Candida may not be an etiologic factor in malignant transformation. However, controversy still exists over whether the chewing of betel quid in cases of OSMF has an inhibitory effect or promotes the ...

BACKGROUND Oral Squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is often preceded by potentially malignant disorders (PMDs) like oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF). The rate of transformation of OSMF to OSCC ranges from 3 to 19%. OSMF is etiologically related to chewing of areca nut (betel nut), a habit prevalent among the population groups in south-east Asia. Along with alkaloids, the high copper content in areca ...

Thirty patients with oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) underwent fibreoptic upper G.I. endoscopy and oesophageal biopsy from 20 cms to see if any correlation is found between visual and histological changes in OSMF and oesophageal mucosa. On endoscopy, the colour of oesophageal mucosa was normal in 28 and whitish pale in 2 cases. On endoscopy mucosa felt stiff and fibrotic in 19, leathery in 4, fi...

Medical images form an essential source of information for various important tasks such as diagnosis of diseases, surgical planning, medical reference, research and training. Oral submucous fibrosis [OSMF] is a chronic debilitating disease of the oral cavity characterized by inflammation and progressive fibrosis of the submucosal tissues. Support Vector Machine [SVM] is a statistic machine lear...

Oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) is a crippling disease that impedes the normal functions of the oral cavity. It is a slowly progressive disease characterized by epithelial atrophy, abnormal accumulation of collagen fibres in the sub-epithelial tissues leading to severe restriction of mouth opening and movement of the tongue. The disease is believed to be a localized collagen disorder. Chewing ar...

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM The masseter is generally involved in myofascial pain, myositis, oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF), bruxism, and in subjects with habitual tobacco/arecanut chewing. In all the above conditions, changes in the internal echogenic pattern on ultrasonography of the muscle may be observed. PURPOSE The present study aimed at evaluating the internal echogenic pattern of massete...

OBJECTIVES Oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) is a potentially malignant disorder of oral cavity, pharynx and upper digestive tract, characterized by progressive inability to open the mouth. Based on clinical and/or histopathological features, various classifications and grading systems have been put forth till date. The aim of the present study was to study the variance in cheek flexibility in OSM...

BACKGROUND Oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) is a chronic debilitating and potentially malignant condition of the oral cavity. It is resistant and progressive affecting the entire oral cavity that sometimes causes a gradual reduction in mouth opening that may even extend up to the pharynx. Although the medical treatment is not completely systematized, optimal doses of its treatment with local inje...

Oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) is a potentially malignant condition that typically affects the buccal mucosa, lips, retro molar areas and the soft palate. It presents as a whitish-yellow discoloration involving the buccal mucosa, the oropharynx and rarely in the larynx. It has a chronic, insidious biological course (Chen et al., 2006). Out of all cancer i.e. oral cancer itself it is the sixth m...