CompletedNot Applicable

Evaluation of Oral and Maxillofacial Swellings by Ultrasonographic Features

Egypt50 participantsStarted 2020-01-01

Plain-language summary

Fifty patients were randomly selected with oral and/or maxillofacial swelling, thorough case history and clinical examination were done, then ultrasound examinations were done for all of them and they were classified into five groups (I. inflammatory/space infection and abscess swellings), (II. cystic swellings), (III. lymph node swellings), (IV. benign swellings) and (V. malignant neoplastic swellings) according to their ultrasound features. The patients were subjected to histopathologic evaluation.

Who can participate

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * All with oral and/or maxillofacial swelling, Exclusion Criteria: * Any other swellings that were caused by trauma and/or fracture, extended below the neck or patient reluctant to undergo US were excluded from the study.

What they're measuring

Correlation between ultrasonographic features and swellings types

Timeframe: 2 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03928730

SponsorTarek A Abdelsalam, MD

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2021-02-03

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