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In vivo staining reveals cytological details that might otherwise not be apparent. The aim of the study was to test the utility of toluidine blue test in detecting various types of malignant and premalignant lesions in early stage. Fifty patients with lesion in oral cavity having suspicion of malignancy clinically were selected. After subjecting the patients to clinical examination, the suspicious lesions were stained with 1 % toluidine blue. The biopsy site was selected on the basis of clinical appearance and dye retention and in the sites where no retention of the stain occurred, clinical judgment directed the biopsy site. The sensitivity of toluidine blue in detecting premalignant or malignant lesions was found to be 97.8 % and the over all specificity was found to be 100 %. The positive predictive value, negative predictive value and diagnostic accuracy was reported to be 100, 80 and 90 % respectively. Toluidine Blue staining is highly a reliable source for the detection of insitu and invasive carcinomas. Staining with this stains is an adjunct to clinical judgment, assist in the choice of biopsy site, follow up of premalignant lesions and marginal demarcation of the malignant lesions enabling an intervention method to be adopted earlier for the disease, which carries a high rate of morbidity and mortality.
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Singh, D., Shukla, R.K. Utility of Toluidine Blue Test in Accessing and Detecting Intra-Oral Malignancies. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 67 (Suppl 1), 47–50 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-014-0747-x
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