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What are the two types of Odontogenic Cysts?
Inflammatory
or
Developmental
List the type of Inflammatory cysts
(4)
- Periapical (radicular)
- Residual periapical
- Buccal bifurcation
- Paradental
List the types of Developmental Cysts?
(9)
‐ Dentigerous
‐ Eruption
‐ Gingival cyst of newborn
‐ Gingival cyst of adult
‐ Lateral periodontal
‐ Glandular odontogenic
‐ Odontogenic keratocyst
‐ Orthokeratinized odontogenic
‐ Calcifying Odontogenic
All of the following are histologically the same because they are all what?
-Periapical (radicular)
‐ Residual periapical
‐ Buccal bifurcation
‐ Paradental
‐ Dentigerous
‐ Eruption
‐ Gingival cyst of newborn
‐ Gingival cyst of adult
squamous epithelial lined cysts
What are the sources of epithelium
within the jaw bone ?
(6 sources)
▪ Epithelial rests of Malessez
▪ Reduced enamel epithelium
▪ Fissural cysts – when 2 pieces of bone come together
▪ Odontogenic cysts
▪ Epithelial component of odontogenic tumors
▪ Salivary gland inclusions – rare, incorporated in development
radicular cyst, inflammatory cyst are other names for
Periapical Cysts
▪ The most common cyst of the jaws
Periapical Cysts
Periapical Cysts
Demographic and location
▪ Any age (peak in 3rd ‐ 6th decades, rare in 1st decade)
▪ No sex predilection
▪ MX > MD (anterior MX most common)
Tooth vitality and Periapical Cysts
- Involved tooth usually non‐vital/non‐responsive with thermal and electric pulp testing
- Should test vitality of tooth if see radiolucency in apex\
- If tooth vital, and still see radiolucency ► should do biopsy
Periapical Cyst
(Radiographic)
- Usually appears as well‐circumscribed periapical radiolucency with widening of the PDL space and/or loss of lamina dura
- Typically small (< 1 cm) but can grow to large dimensions if left untreated
- Radiographic findings can NOT be used for definitive diagnosis
Why the Radiographic findings of Periapical Cyst can NOT be used for definitive diagnosis?
‐ similar appearance with:
- periapical granuloma
- odontogenic tumors
- early COD {Cemento Osseous Dysplasia}
Lateral radicular cyst appears on the lateral surface of the root of a non‐vital/non‐responsive tooth
‐ A differential for which cyst?
lateral periodontal cyst
What is this radiographic finding?
Periapical Cysts
►Would need to test both teeth for vitality.
What is this radiographic finding?
Periapical Cyst
What is this radiographic & clinical findings?
Periapical cyst
shows inflammation at site
abscess developed fistula tract thru
soft tissue. Pt will have pain until
pressure is released
The wall of which cyst?
Periapical Cyst
Open clear areas = Cholesterol clefts where fat
used to be. Multinucleated cells (purple dots)
trying to break down cholesterol
What is this and what is it associated with?
keratin pearl – can be associated w/SCC
What are these radiographic findings?
Residual Cysts
What is the radiographic finding?
Residual Cyst
Periapical Cyst
treatment
- endodontic therapy or extraction of involved teeth
- larger lesions may require biopsy along with endodontic therapy
- lesions which fail to resolve should be biopsied
- follow-up at 1-2 years
Residual Cyst
Etiology
- After tooth extracted, not properly cleaned ► the residual cells of the cyst lining and inflammatory cells continue to proliferate
- Has to be at site where tooth was previously removed
Residual Cyst
Radigraphically
- well defined round to oval radiolucency in the site of a previous extraction
Residual Cyst
Histologically is identical to which cyst?
- identical to the radicular cyst (periapical cyst)
- Should biopsy to rule out other causes
What is the radiographic finding?
Paradental Cyst
What is the radiographic finding?
Paradental Cyst
Residual Cyst
Treatment
-Removal
- Enucleation if small
- Marsupialization if large
- Note:*
- Enucleation* means: removal of an organ or other mass intact from its supporting tissues
Marsupialization means: surgical technique of cutting a slit into an abscess or cyst to empty its contents and suturing the edges of the slit to form a continuous surface from the exterior surface to the interior surface of the cyst or abscess.
Promotes Decompressing and shrinkage.
Paradental Cyst
Etiology
Some controversy over this designation
‐ some think they are inflammatory cyst
‐ some think they are developmental cysts
▪ Etiology: remains unclear
Paradental Cyst
Radiographically
- Radiolucent area noted
- most frequently, along the distal aspect of an impacted or partially erupted third molar
What is the radiographic finding?
Buccal Bifurcation Cyst
as seen in occlusal radiographs
What is the radiographic finding?
Buccal Bifurcation Cyst
as seen in occlusal radiographs
Which cyst has been associated w/ enamel extensions into furcation areas of the
involved teeth?
Paradental Cyst
Paradental Cyst
Treatment
Extraction of the tooth along with the lesion
Buccal Bifurcation Cyst
is similar to what Cyst ?
Similar to a paradental cyst
‐ EXCEPT: location is central on the buccal of mandibular first molars
Buccal Bifurcation Cyst
Etiology
unclear
Buccal Bifurcation Cyst is most commonly seen with eruption of what tooth?
The eruption of the permanent first molar
Buccal Bifurcation Cyst
Clinically
seen as
- swelling
- tenderness of soft tissue over involved area
dentigerous cyst or
follicle ?
_dentigerous cys_t
b/c *attachment at CEJ
What is the radiographic finding?
Dentigerous Cyst
What are these radiographic findings?
dentigerous cyst
What are these radiographic findings?
dentigerous cyst
What is the radiographic finding?
dentigerous cyst
What is this gross finding?
Grossly image of
Dentigerous Cyst
Dentigerous Cyst
Treatment
- Decompression: Try to open window in the jawand put tube into cyst lumen and have pt irrigate a few times a day for a few weeks ► release pressure and allows bone to grow back ► cyst will shrink
- If get rid of whole area surgically► c_an risk_ fracturing the jaw
Which
Radiograph type is best to see
Buccal Bifurcation Cyst?
▪ Radiolucency best seen with an occlusal radiograph
Buccal Bifurcation Cyst
Treatment
▪ Enucleation of cyst; tooth extraction unnecessary
▪ Some cases resolve w/o surgery
▪ Some resolve w/ daily irrigation of buccal pocket with saline/hydrogen peroxide
Dentigerous Cyst
also known as ?
Follicular Cyst
What is most common type of developmental odontogenic cysts?
20% of all epithelial lined cysts of the jaw
Dentigerous Cyst
What is the clinical finding?
Eruption Cyst
What is the clinical finding?
Eruption Cyst
Dentigerous Cyst
Origin & Etiology
Originates: by the separation of the follicle from the crown of an unerupted tooth
Pathogenesis: accumulation of fluid between the tooth and the reduced enamel epithelium
Dentigerous Cyst
Clinically
▪ Small cysts typically asymptomatic and picked up
on routine radiographic exam
▪ Large lesions may show expansion of bone
▪ Cysts may become infected, especially if partially erupted
tooth
Dentigerous Cyst
Demographics & Location
- Mostly mandibular 3rd molars (rarely unerupted deciduous teeth)
- Most commonly present in 2nd and 3rd decades
What is a key characteristic of Dentigerous Cyst location?
- Attached to the tooth at the CEJ
Small Dentigerous Cyst
are hard to differentiate radiographically from —?
enlarged/hyperplastic follicle
Rule of thumb:
- If 4‐5mm or more of radiolucency ► dentigerous cyst
- If <4mm of radiolucency► can be hyperplastic follicle
What is the clinical finding?
Cysts of the Newborn:
Palatal cysts
Gingival cyst of the newborn/ Dental lamina cysts/Cysts of the Newborn-gingival
What is the Soft tissue counterpart of a dentigerous cyst?
Eruption Cyst
Eruption Cyst also known as
eruption hematoma
Eruption Cyst
Etiology
- Results from accumulation of fluid in the follicular space when the tooth has erupted over the alveolar bone *NOT in bone*
What is the clinical finding?
Gingival Cyst of the
Adult
What is the clinical finding?
Gingival Cyst of the
Adult
What is the clinical finding?
Gingival Cyst of the
Adult
notice the bluish hue
Eruption Cyst
Demographic & Location
▪ Usually seen in 1st decade (children)
▪ Most often involves 1st permanent molar and maxillary incisors
Eruption Cyst
Clinically
Frequently normal mucosal color, BUT surface trauma (ex. chewing) may result in bleeding into the cystic space► may look purple or blue
▪ Usually soft or fluctuant(like a balloon) upon palpation
Eruption Cyst
Treatment
- Unless symptomatic, no treatment required, cysts resolve upon eruption of teeth
Cysts of the Newborn
can either be — or —
Palatal cysts
or
Gingival cyst
Palatal cysts
Types
&
Location
‐ Bohn’s nodules: scattered over HP (hard palate), often junction of HP and SP (soft palate)
‐ Epstein’s pearls: along median palatal raphe
Which is here is
Lateral Periodontal Cyst
Lateral Radicular Cyst
Lateral Odontogenic Kertocyst
- Could be differential for lateral Odontogenic keratocyst, except this does not grow in size
- Lateral radicular cysts from an accessory canal if tooth is non vital
- or it could be Lateral Periodontal Cyst if tooth is vital!
What is the radiographical finding?
Lateral Periodontal
Cyst
What is the radiographical finding?
Lateral Periodontal
Cyst
What is the histological finding?
Lateral Periodontal Cyst
see the alternating
thin to thick epithelium
a characteristic of these cysts
What is the histological finding?
Lateral Periodontal Cyst
Cysts of the Newborn:
Palatal cysts
Demographics
- Seen in 60‐80% of neonates
Cysts of the Newborn:
Palatal cysts
Clinically
- 1‐3 mm cream to white papules (keratin filled cysts)
*NOT in bone*
Cysts of the Newborn:
Palatal cysts
Treatment
No treatment is required
‐ Resolve (degenerate or rupture) on their own in a
few months
‐ Once baby eats solid foods, will go away
What is the radiographical finding?
Botryoid Odontogenic
Cyst
well circumscribed, between 2 teeth (similar to
lateral odontogenic cyst), multilocular
What is the radiographical finding?
Botryoid Odontogenic
Cyst
Cysts of the Newborn:
Gingival cyst of the Newborn
Also known as
Dental lamina cysts
Gingival cyst of the newborn
demographics & Location
- Found superficially on the alveolar ridge mucosa
- MX > MD
- Rarely seen after 3 mos. of age
Gingival cyst of the newborn
Treatment
▪ No treatment is necessary
▪ Spontaneously resolve (degenerate or rupture)
Gingival cyst of the newborn
Clinically
- 1‐3 mm creamy white papule (keratin filled cysts)
- *NOT in bone*
What is the soft tissue counterpart of the lateral periodontal cyst ?
Gingival Cyst of the Adult
What is the radiographical finding?
“Primordial” Cyst
Assuming histologically it is different from OKC
Gingival Cyst of the Adult
Origin
Derived from dental lamina rests
‐ Rests of Serres
Gingival Cyst of the
Adult
Demogrophic & Location
▪Uncommon lesion
▪ 60‐75% mandibular canine/premolar area
‐ most common location on the facial or buccal aspect
▪ 5th and 6th decade most common
Gingival Cyst of the
Adult
Clinically
- Painless, dome‐like swellings up to 5 mm in diamete
- Often with a bluish or grayish hue
Gingival Cyst of the
Adult
has similar histology to which cyst?
lateral periodontal cyst
Gingival Cyst of the
Adult
Treatment
- simple surgical excision
- Unlikely to recur/come back
What are the site distribution of OKC?
Most of OKC in
posterior region
Lateral Periodontal Cyst represents the intrabony counterpart of which cyst?
gingival cyst of the adult?
Lateral Periodontal
Cyst
Origins
- Developmental cyst believed to arise from dental lamina rests
Lateral Periodontal cyst is diagonsed when cysts occur in the lateral periodontal region and after what have been excluded?
- an inflammatory origin cysts or the diagnosis of odontogenickeratocyst have been excluded
Lateral Periodontal Cyst
Charcterstics and tooth vitality
▪ Commonly asymptomatic and found on routine radiographic exam
▪ Associated teeth tests vital/responsive with electric pulp test
if you see a radilucency Lateral to a teeth
how would you know if it’s
Lateral Periodontal Cyst
or
Lateral Radicular Cyst
or
Lateral OKc
‐ If pulp alive► lateral periodontal cyst or Lateral Okc ( if huge lesion)
‐ If pulp dead► lateral radicular cyst
Lateral Periodontal Cyst
Demographic and Location
▪ Most likely found after age 30
▪ Males>Females
▪ ~65% mandibular canine/premolar area
‐ Can also be seen between canine and lateral incisor
What is the radiographical finding?
Odontogenic
Keratocyst
OKC
What is the radiographical finding?
Odontogenic
Keratocyst
OKC
What is the radiographical finding?
Odontogenic
Keratocyst
OKC
What is the radiographical finding?
Odontogenic
Keratocyst
OKC
What is the radiographical finding?
similar to
lateral
periodontal cyst
but is actually
OKC
What is the histological finding?
Odontogenic
Keratocyst
Histology
Notice the daughter cysts
Lateral Periodontal Cyst
Radiographically
Present as well circumscribed, unilocular radiolucencies between 2 teeth, located lateral to tooth root
▪ Most often 0.5‐1.0 cm in diameter
▪ Radiographic features are NOT diagnostic
What is this radiographic finding?
✎A patient who has Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma
Syndrome
✎We can see multiple cystics areas and lesions in
the jaws, maxillary and mandible
✎Both 3rd molar displaced in the maxilla because of
the cyst
What is this radiographic finding?
✎Multiple lesions, impacted 3rd molar in mandible
and displaced 3rd molar up into the sinus,
✎These too many lesions hard to manage the issue
with a surgery
✎This large area on the left mandible – good example of why we do
decompression because if you just remove this lesion
and the entire area is left open, this would be an area
risk for fracture
What is this called
which can be seen with
Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma
Syndrome
✎An example of the pitting that can be seen palmar
and plantar
~ This is a side of a hand
✎This is an early stage of basal carcinoma which
never goes on (like it is aborted)
What are these findings that is associated with
Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma
Syndrome?
- thousands of basal cell carcinoma is developing on the skin
-very difficult to manage with surgery,
~ That’s why they remove
the larger ones, the deeper ones ~ They leave the one
that’s less as an issue until they get to a larger size to
be removed
Lateral Periodontal
Cyst
Treatment
- consists of conservative enucleation
What cyst is a variant of lateral periodontal cyst?
Botryoid Odontogenic
Cyst
Botryoid Odontogenic
Cyst
Grossly and Microscopically
shows a grape‐like cluster of small
individual cysts
Botryoid Odontogenic
Cyst
Radiographically
▪ Either unilocular or multilocular on radiographs, depending on size of the lesion
▪ Cyst lining similar to lateral periodontal cyst
Glandular Odontogenic
Cyst
Charcterstics
- A rare odontogenic cyst which exhibits features of glandular differentiation within the epithelium
- Presumably represents the pluripotentiality of odontogenic epithelium
Glandular Odontogenic
Cyst
Demographics
▪ Wide age range from 2nd to 9th decades
‐ mean age 49
▪ ~ 80% of cases in mandible
▪ Anterior lesions
‐ More common
‐ May cross the midline
Glandular Odontogenic
Cyst
Radiographically
▪ Uni‐ or (more often) multilocular radiolucency
▪ Well‐defined with a sclerotic border
Glandular Odontogenic
Cyst
reccurance rate
(~ 25% recurrence rate)
Can be locally aggressive
Glandular Odontogenic
Cyst
Clinically
▪ Usually asymptomatic unless inflamed
What is this radiographic finding?
**Calcifying Odontogenic Cyst (COC)**
- in the mandible and you can see it well circumscribed radiolucency
- a little bit of blunt root resorption in this area
- No calcifications in this one yet ►so this is still unilocular radiolucency
What are the clinical and radiographic findings here?
What is this lesion?
- Clinical finding for this patient was Obliteration of the vestibule space, because the mandible is showing expansion
- radiographically:we see radiolucency going as far as the first molar
- This is a mixed radiolucent radiopaque lesion in developing calcifications.
- This is an example of Calcifying Odontogenic Cyst (COC)
“Primordial” Cyst
why it is controversial!
- Mixed up with OkC
- Originally meant to describe cyst which develops in bone at a site where a tooth was meant to develop (usually a third molar)
- If this lesion exists, it is truly rare and would have histology distinct from OKC
- In the current literature, reference has been almost nonexistent
“Primordial” Cyst
is not a true ——-
- lesion, was actually some other type of cyst
- it is now thought that most of the reported Primordial cysts were actually OKCs
Odontogenic
Keratocyst
OKC
Also known as
keratocystic odontogenic tumor (KOT) -2005 WHO
but now it’s back to OKC
Odontogenic
Keratocyst (OKC)
Etiology
- Growth and expansion of this lesion due not only to osmotic effects/pressure, but to unusual gene expressions
Which unusal gene expression causes growth and expansion of OKC ?
- Expresses Ki‐67 (high rate of cell proliferation)
- O_verexpression of Bcl‐2_ (antipoptotic protein)
- Overexpression of MMP’s 2 and 9 (thought to allow growth into connective tissue)
-
Mutation of PTCH, a tumor suppressor gene
- when PTCH is non‐functional → cell proliferation
Odontogenic
Keratocyst (OKC)
Demographic & Location
- ~ 60% present in 2nd and 3rd decade, but can occur at any age
-
Mandible affected in 60‐80% of cases
- tendency to occur in posterior mandible and ramus
- 25‐40% of cases involve an unerupted tooth
- ‐ 5% of patients have multiple cysts
Odontogenic
Keratocyst (OKC)
differes from
Meloblastoma
in its growth pattern
Odontogenic Keratocyst (OKC) :grows in anterior to posterior manner before causing cortical expansion
while
Meloblastoma: causes cortical expansion early
Which cyst make up ~10‐15% of all odontogenic cysts?
Odontogenic
Keratocyst (OKC)
5% of Odontogenic
Keratocyst (OKC) are associated with which syndrome?
nevoid basal cell carcinoma
syndrome(Gorlin syndrome)
Odontogenic
Keratocyst
Reccurance Rate
- HIGH Recurrence Rate
- Benign, but locally aggressive biologic behavior
- Solitary OKCs have ~10% recurrence rate with appropriate treatment
- _Multiple OKCs hav_e ~ 30% recurrence rate
Odontogenic
Keratocyst
(OKC)
Reccurance Rate Order
from highest to lowest reccurance rate
Syndrome OKC > Multiple OKC > Solitary OKC > Conventional odontogenic cysts
Odontogenic
Keratocyst
OKC
Radiographically
- Usually a well‐circumscribed radiolucency with smooth, often corticated margins
▪ Cysts may be
‐ Unilocular (most common)
‐ Multilocular (larger lesions)
Odontogenic
Keratocyst
OKC
clinically
▪ Small cysts are typically asymptomatic and picked up on routine radiographic exam
▪ Larger cysts may or may not be asymptomatic
▪ *Cysts tend to grow in an antero‐posterior direction prior to lateral growth ►therefore cysts are usually quite large when they start to expand the cortical plate
Odontogenic
Keratocyst
OKC
Has similar Radiographic findings with ?
- dentigerous cyst
- ameloblastoma
- and others
Odontogenic
Keratocyst
OKC
Treatment
▪ Marsupialization (decompression)
▪ Peripheral ostectomy
‐ Carnoy’s solution
▪ Resection
▪ Medications targeted to PTCH
▪ Long term follow‐up
Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma
Syndrome
is also known as —– ?
Basal Cell Nevus or Bifid Rib Syndrome
or
Gorlin syndrome
Which cyst is assoicated with
Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma
Syndrome
?
Odontogenic Keratocyst
“OKC”
Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma
Syndrome
(Gorlin syndrome)
_modes of inheritanc_e
Autosomal dominant inheritance
Which Gene mutation and pathway
associated with
Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma
Syndrome
(Gorlin syndrome)
- Mutation of PTCH (tumor suppressor gene)
- in the Sonic Hedge Hog pathway
Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma
Syndrome
Prognosis
■ Prognosis depends on progression of skin tumors
Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma
Syndrome
Treatment
✎Surgery (typically MOHS)
✎Sometimes curette them
✎ Radiation therapy (RT) is typically not the first line of therapy with small lesions RT
✎Cryotherapy which means they just use a little liquid nitrogen and freeze them
✎Photodynamic therapy with photosensitizer and topical medications
■ New medication: Vismodegib inhibits sonic hedgehog pathway by binding smoothened (SMO)
- suppressive rather than curative cause it seems to work for short time and after ~7-8 months ..may also helps suppress growth of OKC
Why Basal Cell Carcinoma is very problematic ?
It’s not the lesion themselves causing metastasis
that’s the issue, it’s the lesion growing deeply and in affecting adjacent structures that really is the
issue with basal carcinoma
What is the Most common type of skin cancer?
Basal Cell Carcinoma
(BCC)
Basal Cell Carcinoma
(BCC)
Demographics
- 2-3 million cases a year
- About 3 out of 4 skin cancers are basal cell carcinomas
Basal Cell Carcinoma
Growth and location
(BCC)
- Develop in the lowest layer of the epidermis, called the basal Layer
- Develops on sun-exposed areas: cumulative DNA Damage
- Slow-growing
• If not treated, basal cell cancer can grow into nearby areas
and invade the bone or other tissues beneath the skin
Basal Cell Carcinoma
Progrssion
(BCC)
within 5 years of being diagnosed with
BCC►35%-50% of people develop a new skin cancer
Calcifying Odontogenic Cyst
COC
also known as
?
- Calcifying Cystic Odontogenic Tumor
- Gorlin Cyst ( don’t confuse it with Gorlin syndrome)
- Ghost Cell Tumor
*
Calcifying Odontogenic Cyst
(COC)
can present in 3 types
-
■ Cystic Unilocular COC
- COC with odontoma (~ 20%)
- Extraosseous/peripheral – present in older patients
-
■ Solid COC (odontogenic ghost cell tumor)
- Often demonstrate a more aggressive behavior
- WHO once considered them all CCOT now back to COC
- ■ Odontogenic ghost cell carcinoma
- very rare lesion
Collision Tumors is a term used to describe lesions involving Calcifying Odontogenic Cyst (COC), what does that mean?
- where you see both features of ameloblastoma with COC or adenomatoid odontogenic tumor with COC
Calcifying Odontogenic Cyst
(COC)
may occur in association
with
which tumors or cysts?
- Odontomas (a benign tumour linked to tooth development)
- Ameloblastomas (rare, noncancerous (benign) tumor)
- Adenomatoid odontogenic tumor (rare tumor of epithelial origin that is benign, painless, noninvasive, and slow-growing)
Calcifying Odontogenic Cyst
(COC)
Demographics & Location
■ Peak in second decade, most before age of 40
■ Frequently presents anterior to molars
■ ~ 20% extraosseous (peripheral), found in older age group (~ 50 years of age)
■ Female > Male
■ ~ 70% occur in MX
■ One third are associated with unerupted teeth, usually a canine
Calcifying Odontogenic Cyst
Radiographically
(COC)
■ Usually a well-circumscribed unilocular radiolucency, infrequent multilocular cases
■ One third to one half show radiopaque structures within the radiolucency
■ When you see calcifications within a lesion, you don’t use the term uni or multi locular anymore, but they are called mixed radiolucent/radiopaque lesions
■ May cause resorption or displacement of roots
■ One third are associated with unerupted Canine
The hallmark of Calcifying
Odontogenic Cyst COC Histology is
Ghost cells
They have that sort of polygonal shape or roundish shape with the pink that looks like the cytoplasm, but in
the location where the nucleus would have then, there’s an empty spot
Histologically speaking, Calcifying
Odontogenic Cyst COC, basically
looks similar to what epithelium?
ameloblastic epithelium
Calcifying Odontogenic Cyst COC
Treatment
■Enucleation with peripheral ostectomy ~ Very similar to odontogenic keratosis
■ Follow up is long term because s_ome of the solid tumors have a more aggressive behavior_
■ Peripheral lesions are treated with excision
When COC is associated with another tumor, ameloblastoma, how would you treat?
■ the treatment is based on the more aggressive tumor
~ So you would treat the ameloblastoma.
~You wouldn’t treat conservatively the COC though
Odontogenic ghost cell carcinoma
Prognosis
(5 year survival ~ 70%).
- It is rare and shows cytologic atypia histologically
- It has an unpredictable biologic behavior
Fissural Cysts
(6)
❑ Nasolabial cyst
❑ Globulomaxillary cyst (historic)
❑ Nasopalatine (incisive canal) cyst
❑ Incisive papilla cyst
❑ Median palatal cyst
❑ Median mandibular cyst (historic)
Nasolabial Cyst
also known as
aka Nasoalveolar cyst
where a number of the visual cysts would develop
(1) That’s the nasopalatine, which is sort of up in the labial nasal fold and it’s in the soft tissue.
(2) Sort of where the nasal alveolar cyst would occur.
(3) Where the globular maxillary cyst would occur between the canine and the lateral sometimes between the lateral and the first premolar
(4) The nasopalatine in the cyst of the nasopalatine papilla
(5) Is the median palatal
Nasolabial Cyst
Etiology
■ Thought to be caused by:
- either epithelial remnants of the nasolacrimal duct
- or cells left after fusion of the maxillary, medial and lateral nasal processes during development of the midface
Nasolabial Cyst
Location
Rare soft tissue cyst of the upper lip, lateral to the midline (right under the ala of the nose) *NOT in bone*
■ Clinically see a swelling which can cause elevation of the ala of the nose ■ Intraorally see a swelling in the maxillary vestibule lateral to the midline (usually sort of in the canine area or just a little bit distal to the canine area) ■ Pain is uncommon, unless cyst becomes infected
Nasolabial Cyst
Clinically & Intraoray
■Clinically we see a swelling which can cause elevation of the ala of the nose
■ Intraorally see a swelling in the maxillary vestibule lateral to the midline (usually sort of in the canine area or just a little bit distal to the canine area)
■ Pain is uncommon, unless cyst becomes infected
Nasolabial Cyst
Demographics
■ Peak in 4th and 5th decades
■ 3 to 4 times more common in females
■ ~ 10% of cases are bilateral
Nasolabial Cyst
Treatment
- Surgical Excision via intraoral approach,
- usually do not recur ~ very low risk of occurrence
What is this clinical finding?
Nasolabial Cyst
The lesion here just below the nose and you can tell that it’s sort of raising the edge of the nose slightly
What is this clinical finding?
Nasolabial Cyst
the lesion raising the edge of the nose slightly
_Nasolabial Cys_t has a a respiratory type epithelium and so it’s very similar to what you would see in ?
either in the sinus or in the nasopalatine ducts
Is this
Globulomaxillary Cyst
lateral granulomas
OKCs
COCs
- we can see the displacement of the root
- A teardrop or pear shaped radiolucency between the lateral and the canine
- Well circumscribed maybe leaving a little sclerotic edge up here
- ended up being in a odontogenic keratocyst (OKC)
Is this Globulomaxillary Cyst , lateral granuloma or OKC?
~ it is kind of a teardrop or pear shaped size
~Little less well differentiated in this particular instance but again unilocular radiolucency between the roots of two teeth
This one ended up being an OKC
“Globulomaxillary Cyst”
Origin controvesy
why the name in quotations?
- it’s in quotations, because really there is no such thing as a globulomaxillary cyst
- because it was thought that this was remnants after fusion of the globular portion of the nasal process with the maxillary process, and now we know that these two processes are always united from the start and that there is no fusion
- When biopsied these cysts are odontogenic in origin
what does it mean for Globulomaxillary Cyst to be odontogenic in origin?
✎This is term used to describe a cyst in a particular anatomic location it is not a diagnosis
✎An odontogenic cyst (inflammatory cyst, lateral periodontal or even sometimes OKC) that forms in the area between the maxillary lateral incisor and the canine roots
~ It’s really associated with a_n anatomic location not with any particular cyst._
✎So it can be any of the odontogenic lesions such as lateral granulomas or cysts, OKCs, COCs, etc.
Globulomaxillary Cyst
Radiographically
✎Presents as a “inverted pear” shaped well-circumscribed radiolucency
✎Frequently causes displacement of the roots
What are two different ways nasopalatine duct cyst arise?
- *A**. It can either be the cyst totally within bone
- *B**. It can actually cause widening of the orifice and causing the soft tissue expansion in this way
Most common non-odontogenic cyst of the oral cavity
Nasopalatine Duct Cyst
Nasopalatine Duct Cyst
also known as
incisive canal cyst
nasopalatine canal cyst
Nasopalatine Duct Cyst
Origin
- arise from epithelial remnants of the nasopalatine duct which, embryologically, connects the oral and the nasal cavities
What is this radiographic finding?
Nasopalatine Duct Cyst
✎This person is edentulous
✎ an inverted pear shape
✎The nasal spine is superimposed
on your radiolucency ► a heart shape
What is this radiographic finding?
Nasopalatine Duct Cyst
✎Between the roots of the two teeth, a well circumscribed
radiolucency, not showing any changes to the adjacent structures
✎could be an enlargement of the incisive canal due to variation in size ~ early lesions can be hard to diagnose
✎the treatment in such cases: a follow up with another radiograph in six months to see if there’s been any change in size
✎ No surgical intervention until you see the cyst expanding
What is this oral finding?
This is showing you the how the
papilla can be enlarged if it’s only
in soft tissue or if there’s a partial
soft tissue partial bone expansion
Nasopalatine Duct Cyst
Nasopalatine Duct Cyst
Demographic and Location
- Peak presentation in the 4th to 6th decades, but can occur at any age ~ because it takes a little bit of time for the cyst to grow within the bone
- commonly found on the anterior palate ~ typically in the nasal area of the papilla.
What is this radiographic finding?
Median Palatine Cyst
Nasopalatine Duct Cyst
Clinically
■ present with swelling o_f the anterior palate_ (in the nasal area of the papilla)
■ Most are asymptomatic, but they may have pain or drainage
Is this Median Mandibular Cyst
Or something else
Remember
Median Mandibular Cyst is a term used to describe a cyst in a anterior mandible not a definitive diagnosis
So, this turned out to be an early ameloblastoma. It wasn’t a cyst
The lesion radiolucency in the anterior mandible and again
Nasopalatine Duct Cyst
Radiographically
■ a well-circumscribed unilocular radiolucency on the midline of the anterior hard palate
between and apical to the central incisors
■ The radiolucency often have an oval or inverted pear shape with a sclerotic border
■ Superimposition with the nasal septum can create an appearance of the classic “heart” shape
Cysts of the incisive papilla
Incisive papilla cyst
Is a soft tissue cyst (no bone involvement) located in
the same area as the Nasopalatine Duct Cyst
on the midline of the anterior hard palate
between and apical to the central incisors
. They may be symptomatic or asymptomatic and usually are not seen radiographically.
some consider them to be uncommon variants of the nasopalatine duct cysts
Nasopalatine Duct Cyst
Treatment
- surgical excision
- recurrence is rare
What is this radiographic finding?
Surgical Ciliated
Cyst of the Maxilla
In this premolar shot (middle image) you can see a well-circumscribed lesion
✎Because the maxillary sinus is radiolucent, it almost looks like this is radiopaque but it’s not
✎ If you did a CBCT you would see that it’s an empty space within the bone of the maxilla. It’s not actually radiopaque
Median Palatine Cyst
is
a variant of which cyst?
nasopalatine duct cyst
- it represents a more posteriorly placed nasopalatine duct cyst
- ~ It’s probably due to some sort of anatomic variation in the patients; that their palatine duct is just placed more posteriorly
- So instead of being between the roots of these two teeth, it’s placed more posteriorly
Median Mandibular Cyst
- A controversial cysts whose existence is questioned ~ similar to the globulomaxillary cyst
■ Originally thought to arise from the fusion of the “halves” of the mandible, but current embryology finds that
the mandible forms from a single bilobed process, therefore, no epithelial remnants would be found
■ Now, it is thought that cysts in this area represent odontogenic cysts or tumors
-
Median Mandibular Cyst is a term used to describe a cyst in a particular anatomic location not a definitive diagnosis
- ~ It is other lesions that occur in that particular location
- The Anterior Mandible
Surgical Ciliated
Cyst of the Maxilla
Etiology
■ Occurs after trauma or sinus surgery (iatrogenic - reactive not neoplastic)
Surgical Ciliated
Cyst of the Maxilla
Formation
■a portion of the sinus lining is separated from the sinus and forms an epithelial lined cavity in bone
■ Cavity fills with mucin produced by the mucous cells of the cyst lining
■ These cysts enlarge as the intraluminal pressure increases, causing destruction of bone
Surgical Ciliated
Cyst of the Maxilla
occurs frequently
after
which procedures?
- after a Caldwell-Luc procedure
- sometimes with difficult maxillary extractions
In which country Surgical Ciliated
Cyst of the Maxilla
are reported with higher frequency ?
Japan
What are pesudocysts?
- They have no epithelial lining.
- They’re called cysts by convention just because that’s what everybody is used to
- They’re not true cysts.
pesudocysts
List
(5)
- Aneurysmal Bone Cyst
- Antral Pseudocyst
- Simple Bone Cyst
- Osteoporotic Bone Marrow Defect
- Stafne Bone Cyst
Aneurysmal Bone Cyst
Demographics
■ Most common site in the body is long bones or vertebrae
_■ In the jaw_s, most frequently seen in the 1st and 2nd decade
■ MD > MX
it’s a pesudocyst
Aneurysmal Bone Cyst
Clinically
- swelling, frequently a rather rapid swelling
- often with pain and/or paresthesia (signs which can be suggestive of the presence of a malignant or aggressive lesion)
Aneurysmal Bone Cyst
Etiology
- Etiology is unclear, may result from trauma or a vascular malformation
- most agree that it is a reactive and *not* a neoplastic lesion
Aneurysmal Bone Cyst
Radiographically
■ a radiolucency which can be either unilocular or multilocular in appearance
■ Borders are variable, often irregular in shape and may be ill-defined (again, giving the suggestion of malignancy)
■ Teeth may be displaced
■ we may see cortical expansion and thinning ~ the cortex itself can become quite thin
What does this person have?
- you might think that he has an odontogenic infection but he didn’t. You can see that there’s
a pretty significant swelling on the left side of his face
This is a Aneurysmal Bone Cysts
What is this radiographic finding?
Aneurysmal Bone Cyst
you can see that there is kind of a
multilocular radiolucency in this particular area
What is this radiographic finding?
Aneurysmal Bone Cyst
✎ There’s a radiolucency involving the second molar
that’s going as far anterior as the first molar and back
to the third molar
✎ There is a little bit of spiking root resorption and
that’s one of the signs that we associate with
malignancy
✎ It’s a little bit ill-defined ~ hard to say exactly
where it begins and ends
What is this gross finding?
Aneurysmal Bone Cyst
✎ It looks like a blood soaked sponge
✎ There’s these open sinusoidal spaces and then fibrous connective tissue surrounding them.
✎The sinusoidal spaces can vary in size; some of them are fairly small and others are large
Aneurysmal Bone Cyst
Treatment
■ Treatment is surgical enucleation and curettage
■ lesions can recur ~ Usually the recurrence is because
you didn’t get the entire thing out the first time around
■ Some surgeons follow enucleation with cryotherapy
■ Irradiation is contraindicated
Is bleeding a concern during surgical removal of Aneurysmal Bone Cyst?
■ No, vascularity is predominantly “low flow”, therefore not as much concern for bleeding upon surgical removal
■ As compared with central hemangioma where there is a concen for bleeding
Antral Pseudocyst
They are different than surgical ciliated cyst
in their lining, etiology, location and appearance!
What is this radiographic finding?
Antral Pseudocyst
- a Dome-shape swelling on the floor of the sinus.
- They can sometimes be fairly subtle
Antral Pseduocyst are NOT Mucoceles
Mucoceles would have more of meniscus-like
appearancewhere it would come up tothe edge of
the sinus
As opposed of surgical ciliated cysts, Antral psuedocysts are not —-
( in term of their lining)
Not epithelial lined spaces
What are these radiographic findings?
Aneurysmal Bone Cyst
✎ A dome shape swelling on the floor of the sinus that’s associated with some _sort of inflammation of tooth of t_he premolar caused inflammation underneath the apex of the bone (right) and then that leads to accumulation of fluid which causes the sinus lining to elevate off the bone and fill with fluid
✎ After root canal therapy and once the infection gets under control, these will typically resolve on their own
As opposed of surgical ciliated cysts, Antral psuedocysts are not —-
( in term of location)
Not within the bone but are in the sinus
As opposed of surgical ciliated cysts, Antral psuedocysts Develop as —-
( in term of etiology)
develop as an accumulation of an inflammatory exudate (often serum) between the sinus epithelial lining and the bone
-It develops because of an inflammatory event in the jaw, usually the maxilla, often from the roots of the maxillary teeth that cause inflammation
As opposed of surgical ciliated cysts, Antral psuedocysts appear as —-
( in term of Radiology)
Appears as a dome shaped elevation of the floor of the sinus
Simple Bone Cyst
also known as
aka traumatic bone cyst
What is this radiographic finding?
Simple Bone Cyst
✎A well-circumscribed with cortication in the body of the
mandible, affecting the posterior aspect (premolars and the molars )
✎Note the scalloping that happens up between the roots. It
doesn’t cause root resorption and actually the lesion will grow up between the roots of the teeth
What is this radiographic finding?
Simple Bone Cyst
- A well-circumscribedshowing the scalloping up between the roots of the teeth radiolucency
What is this radiographic finding?
Simple Bone Cyst
✎Big lesion example: It’s going back to the molar area here.
✎You can see that the lesion extends over to the canine on the other side
✎Most lesions are usually in the anterior mandible
Simple Bone Cyst
Charcterstics
- A benign, empty or fluid filled, cavity in bone which is devoid of an epithelial lining – a pseudocyst
- Thought to be reactive, NOT neoplastic
Simple Bone Cyst
Etiology
Etiology ununcertain, theories include:
- trauma
- ischemic necrosis of medullary space
- cystic degeneration of a primary bone lesion
Simple Bone Cyst
Demographics
- In jaws, most likely in the 2nd decade
- Almost exclusively the mandible
- Twice as common in males
Simple Bone Cyst
Radiographically
- a well-circumscribed radiolucency with an irregular outline
- Tendency to “scallop” around and between roots (highly suggestive, but not diagnostic of this lesion)
Simple Bone Cyst
Treatment
- exploration and curettage of space to create bleeding. Clot will organize and allow bone repair
- Recurrence is rare
What is this radiographic finding?
- You can see there’s a little bit of radiolucency.
- There happened to actually still be teeth in the area, but
- when it was biopsied it showed that it was a
- hematopoietic or osteopoietic bone marrow defect
Stafne Bone Cyst
Charcterstics
■ An asymptomatic focal concavity of the cortical bone on the lingual aspect of the MD
■ A pseudocyst, not a true cyst
Osteoporotic Bone Marrow Defect
Demographic
■ Uncommon finding
■ > 75% of cases are in females
■ ~ 70% occur in the posterior MD, often in an edentulous area
it’s a pesydocyst
Osteoporotic Bone Marrow Defect
Etiology
- Etiology unclear
- may be hyperplasia of marrow due to need for RBCs or
- abnormal regeneration of bone after an extraction or persistence of fetal marrow
Osteoporotic Bone Marrow Defect
Charcteristics
- it’s a pesydocyst
- a radiolucency in an area typically
where tooth has been removed. Instead of filling in with bone, it fills in with marrow. - When we biopsy it, you’re seeing the hematopoietic elements. (fat, early stages of (the -blasts of) red cells,
white cells. - We see basic bone forming marrow content
What is this radiographic finding?
Stafne Bone Cyst
This is the classic look.
- a well-circumscribed corticated radiolucency
- below the inferior alveolar nerve, away from the teeth.
- They can be either oval, like this, or round in appearance
What is this radiographic finding?
Stafne Bone Cyst
Less common location
Check if the teeth were vital with vitality test
Get a CBCT in that area
to see what was going on first and then once you saw
the CBCT you’d be able to make the diagnosis.
Osteoporotic Bone Marrow Defect
Hematopoietic bone marrow defect
Osteoporotic Bone Marrow Defect
Clincalally
■ Typically asymptomatic and found on routine radiographic exam
Osteoporotic Bone Marrow Defect
Radiographically
- Irregularly shaped radiolucency with either a well-defined or ill-defined border (It can be in the differential diagnosis with malignancy)
Osteoporotic Bone Marrow Defect
Treatment
■ Must biopsy to make a definitive diagnosis
■ No further treatment is then necessary
~ You don’t have to remove it; you can just leave it as it is
Stafne Bone Cyst
also known as
static bone cyst, Stafne defect
Stafne Bone Cyst
Demographics and Location
- Most commonly found near the angle of the mandible below the inferior alveolar nerve (but also seen in the anterior MD)
- > 80% in Males
- usually noted only in adults
Stafne Bone Cyst
Radiographically
Oval round well-circumcribed radilucency
Below the Inferior Alveolar Nerve
Stafne Bone Cyst
Etiology
- Believed to be developmental in origin, but usually noted only in _adults_
Stafne Bone Cyst
Treatment
- lesions in the posterior MD are usually pathognomonic
- no further treatment is necessary
Dermoid Cyst
Charcterstics
- Benign developmental cystic lesion
- Considered a form of teratoma
Remember: Teratomas have
all four embryologic layers and so you can see these cysts that have teeth, bone, hair, muscle, and nerves.
Dermoid cyst is sort of a lesser version of a teratoma in that it just has dermis, rather than all the other layers
Dermoid Cyst
Clinically
- Depending on whether the cyst is above or below the mylohyoid muscle►the lesion will cause swelling into the oral cavity elevating the tongue or under the chin in the submandibular area, respectively
- Usually found on the midline
- Painless and slow growing, if not infected
- Upon palpation, cyst feels doughy or rubbery
- Usually roundish to oval-ish swelling
Dermoid Cyst
demographic and locations
- Most common in the 1st and 2nd decade ( young pts)
- Can be found anywhere, but in the oral cavity they are ususally located in the anterior floor of the mouth (FOM) - usually on the midline
Dermoid Cyst
Treatment
- surgical excision
- recurrence is rare
Dermoid Cyst
a dome shaped
swellingin the floor of the
mouth.
If these were left long
enough, they could cause issues
with swallowing
What is this clinical finding?
Dermoid Cyst
✎This is a larger lesion on the floor of the mouth, causing
elevation of the tongue
✎If you let this go/grow, it would be similar to Ludwig’s angina where you would basically eventually obstruct the airway
✎The difference is this is very slow growing while Ludwig’s happens rather quickly. with fever and other symptoms.
What is this clinical finding?
Dermoid Cyst
- This is showing you when they occur below the mylohyoid muscle.
- You get an elevation under the chin.
- This is a fairly small one but they can get much larger
Epidermoid Cyst
also known as
infundibular cyst
epidermal inclusion cyst
“sebaceous” cyst (laymen’s term, not really sebaceous) ~
Epidermoid Cyst
Charcterstics
- A very common skin cyst
The epidermoid cyst is similar to which cyst?
similar to the dermoid cyst, except we don’t see those adnexal structures
Epidermoid Cyst
Etiology
- Often occur after _inflammation of a hair follicl_e
Epidermoid Cyst
Demographics and Location
■ Males > Females
■ Young adults more likely to have cysts of the face
■ Older adults have cysts of the back
Epidermoid Cyst
Associated with which
syndrome?
Associated with Gardner’s syndrome
Gardner syndrome is associated with polyps
in the intestine.
Gardner syndrome is associated with epidermoid cysts.
What is this clinical finding?
Epidermoid Cyst
A dome-shaped swelling.
There’s no change in the
overlying skin color, no redness, no pain
Epidermoid Cyst
Clinically
■ Subcutaneous nodular, firm to fluctuant, papule
~ It tends to be a subcutaneous, dome-shaped nodule that
can be either firm to fluctuant, depending on how much stuff is within the lumen
What is the key difference between a dermoid and epidermoid cyst?
- The key difference between a dermoid and
- epidermoid cyst, is that there’s no adnexal structures in an epidermoid cyst. There are adnexal structures in a dermoid cyst.
- The adnexal structures are: sebaceous glands, sweat glands, hair follicles, etc.
Epidermoid Cyst
Treatment
■ Treatment is excision
■ Recurrence is rare
What is this clinical finding?
Thyroglossal Duct Cyst
This is NOT a goiter.
It looks like an enlargement of the thyroid, but this ended up being just
a cyst, so they had a thyroglossal duct cyst
Thyroglossal Duct Cyst
Etiology/Origin
- A developmental cyst that develops from epithelial remnants of a tract which forms when the thyroid anlage descends into the neck from an area that later forms the foramen caecum
- Follows a path that goes anterior to the hyoid bone and ends below the thyroid cartilage
Thyroglossal Duct Cyst
Clinically
■ Cysts are typically painless fluctuant swellings, unless infected
■ If the cyst remains attached to the hyoid bone or the tongue ► i_t will move up and down when swallowing or protruding the tongue_
■ ~ 1/3 will present with a fistulous tract ~ so they’ll be draining.
Thyroglossal Duct Cyst
Treatment
■ surgical excision
■ recurrence are not uncommon
■ Rare cases of thyroid carcinoma developing in these cysts have been reported
Thyroglossal Duct Cyst
Demographics and locations
■ 60-80% of cysts are below the hyoid bone
■ Most commonly present in the first 2 decades (~ 50% prior to 20 years of age)
■ Cyst classically forms at the midline
■ The most common developmental cyst of the neck
What is the most common
developmental cyst of the neck?
Thyroglossal Duct Cyst
Branchial Cleft Cyst
Also known as
cervical lymphoepithelial cysts
What is this clinical finding?
Branchial Cleft Cyst
a small one in a child.
You can see that
there’s a small cystic lesion here on the neck
What is this clinical finding?
Branchial Cleft Cyst
Then you can see it in an older person; this is getting
to be maybe 4-5 centimeters at least in size. He left
his for a little bit longer
Branchial Cleft Cyst
Demographic and location
■ Most commonly presents in the 3rd to 5th decades
■Located on the lateral aspect of the neck, usually anterior to the sternocleidomastoid muscle
■2/3 of the reported lesions have been on the left side
■Although cyst are uncommon in the parotid gland, can see multiple lymphoepithelial cysts bilaterally in HIV positive patients
■These cases present as painless uni- or bilateral swellings of the parotid glands
Branchial Cleft Cyst
Clinically
- presents as a soft fluctuant swelling ranging from 1 to 10 cm in diameter
Branchial Cleft Cyst
Etiology
Etiology is disputed
- Some think it is from remnants of the branchial cleft
- Others think it is cystic change of parotid gland epithelium which became entrapped in a cervical lymph node during development
What is this clinical finding?
Oral Lymphoepithelial Cyst
A pale dome-shape swelling in the floor of the mouth. because the lesion is so close to the surface; you’re seeing little capillaries of the mucosa lining the lesion
Branchial Cleft Cyst
&
HPV patients
We can see multiple Branchial Ceft cysts bilaterally on the parotid gland
Painless swelling bilaterally or unilaterally on the parotid gland
Branchial Cleft Cyst
Treatment
surgical excision, recurrence is rare
Oral Lymphoepithelial Cyst
Demographics and Location
■ Uncommon lesion
■ The Most frequent location is the floor of the mouth (FOM) (> 50%)
Oral Lymphoepithelial Cyst
Clinically
■ Usually less than 1 cm in diameter
■ May feel firm or soft on palpation
■ Typically creamy to yellow in color
■ Painless unless infected
Oral Lymphoepithelial Cyst
Treatment
- Surgical Excision
- Reccurance is Rare
What is the relationship between lesion’s agrressivness, rate of reccurance and follow up duration ?
the more aggressive the biologic behavior, the higher risk of
recurrence, and the longer the follow up needed for the patient
What is the spectrum of benign and malignant lesions
Which lesions are considered benigns
Things that have a very low rate of recurrence when you do a conservative excision or a nucleation ►they’re going to be very benign and they’re not going to be likely to be recurrent:
▪ Odontoma and radicular cysts are way down here near the benign side
▪ AOT (Adenomatoid Odontogenic Tumor) is benign.
▪ COCs (Calcifying odontogenic cyst) are benign.
▪ OKCs (Odontogenic keratocyst) ‐ they’re benign.
▪ Even Ameloblastomas are benign
which lesions are on the malignant side?
But eventually you get over to the side over here where you can have something like an Ameloblastic carcinoma ‐ truly malignant –> We know that it can metastasize and it can lead to death
▪ Lesions like Ameloblastomas and CEOTs will need to be managed more aggressively. (Not just curettage, aka surgical scraping or cleaning)
o You have a resection ‐ either a portion of the mandible is
removed or a segment of the mandible is removed.
What are the 3 Classification of
benign tumors?
- Epithelial
- Mesenchymal
- Mixed
What are the list of Epithelial Benign Tumors?
(5)
▪ Ameloblastoma
▪ Adenomatoid odontogenic tumor
▪ Calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor
▪ Squamous odontogenic tumor
▪ Odontogenic keratocyst (aka Keratocystic odontogenic tumor)
What are the list of Mesenchymal Benign Tumors?
(5)
▪ Odontogenic myxoma
▪ Central Odontogenic fibroma
▪ Cementifying fibroma
▪ Cementoblastoma
▪ Granular cell odontogenic tumor
What are the list of Mixed Benign tumors?
5
▪ Odontoma (complex and compound)
▪ Ameloblastic fibroma/odontoma
▪ Primordial odontogenic tumor
▪ Dentinogenic ghost cell tumor
▪ Calcifying cystic odontogenic tumor(aka COC, ghost cell tumor)
Ameloblastoma
Charcterstics
- An epithelial odontogenic neoplasm (Tumor of Epithelial Origin)
- with a close histologic resemblance to the enamel organ
Ameloblastoma
Origin
Potential sources of epithelium include:
o Enamel organ – look like they’re about to deposit a
substance but never do
o Odontogenic rests (Malassez, Serres)
o Reduced enamel epithelium
o Epithelial lining of odontogenic cysts ‐ can actually have an ameloblastoma arise within a dentigerous cyst
Ameloblastoma
Radiographically
-Osteolytic tumor (radiolucent – no hard tissue formed)
- Well-circumscribed uni- or multilocular radiolucency
- Often with sclerotic or corticated borders
- May see blunt root resorption and displacement of teeth
- Frequently seen in association with unerupted teeth
Ameloblastoma
Clinically
- Rather slow growing tumor
- Larger lesions present as painless expansion or swelling of bone
- Smaller ones are asymptomatic, can be seen on routine imaging
- Buccal and lingual cortical expansion is common
- May perforate cortical plate and invade surrounding soft tissue
- Can arise in a dentigerous cyst (see transition from stratified
- squamous to ameloblastic epithelium)
Ameloblastoma
Types
Conventional/multicystic/solid/ (~ 80%)
- Unicystic (~6-15%) need entire specimen (excision) to know
- Desmoplastic
- Peripheral
- Malignant
Ameloblastoma
Demographics
▪ 11‐18% of non‐cystic lesions of the maxillofacial bones
▪ 4th and 5th decade most common, but occurs over a broad age range (rare in first decade)
o Usually starts 2nd decade, can go up to 80‐90s. Late 30s/early 40s are usually the peak
▪ > 80% occur in the mandible (most in molar/ramus area)
What is
the second most common
odontogenic neoplasm?
Ameloblastoma
(after odontoma)
o although odontomas are more like hamartomas
Which tumor can arise in a dentigerous cyst?
Ameloblastoma
(we see transition from stratified squamous to ameloblastic epithelium)
ameloblastoma
location
▪ Almost 80% or a little over 80% (of ameloblasts) are down in the mandible.
▪ And the vast majority are in the posterior mandible
▪ Do occur in maxilla but at lower rate
What is this radiographic finding?
Unilocular and unicystic ‐ An example of a unilocular ameloblastoma that is
not associated with an impacted tooth
▪ Is between roots of two teeth, may be confused with lateral
periodontal cyst. Well‐circumscribed radiolucency
What is this radiographic finding?
▪ Typical appearance for ameloblastoma
Multilocular, very well‐circumscribed, associated with impacted tooth.
Can see bowing of inferior aspect of mandible
lateral oblique radiograph.was used here
What is this radiographic & clinical finding?
Ameloblastoma
clinically: Have expansion of the buccal plate, obliterating the vestibule in this area.
Radiographically: Root resorption of molar, unilocular radiolucency in mandible
What is this radiographic finding?
Ameloblastoma
- Small lesion distal to impacted tooth.
- Unilocular radiolucency with elevation of alveolar ridge + some expansion of soft tissue
What is this radiographic finding?
Ameloblastoma
▪ Well‐circumscribed radiolucency with a sclerotic or
corticated margin.
▪ If you had a CBCT, it would probably show you that there
was a thin septa in this area of residual bone trabeculae.
▪ Fracture could be caused by very large cysts.
▪ Resolve by decompressing unless with odontogenic tumor – need to remove the mandible 1cm+ on either side of lesion
Ameloblastoma
Etiology
▪ Over expression of Bcl‐2 (anti‐apoptotic protein)
▪ Expression of fibroblast growth factor (FGF)
▪ Over expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs 9 and 20) – like in OKC, allowing tumor to grow into surrounding area
▪ Surprisingly, no significant increase in Ki‐67 expression (cell
proliferation marker) – ameloblastomas do NOT turn over rapidly
Case
16yo female
Describe the lesion and what is the diagnosis?
▪Left mandible, multilocular radiolucency associated with impacted tooth
▪ It’s well circumscribed, edge may be a little bit sclerotic or corticated
▪ It has displaced an impacted tooth down towards the inferior
aspect of the mandible
▪ Appears to be expanding the cortex of the mandible in areas
▪ There’s blunt resorption of the teeth adjacent (PMs and molar)
Ameloblastoma
Case
▪ Well‐circumscribed radiolucency, no impacted tooth
▪ But notice that it’s coming up to posterior aspect of first molar
▪ Surgery done to remove lesion, left inferior aspect of mandible
Follow‐up image: conservative surgery but still removed bone up to mesial aspect. Less conservative would be removing entire mandible
▪ Concern with that is paresthesia (from removing the nerve as well)
Conventional/Solid Ameloblastoma
Unicystic
ameloblastoma
types
Subgroup of
ameloblastomas
▪ Unicystic (Simple or luminal)
- lumina- confined to the surface lining of the cystic space
▪ Plexiform (intraluminal)
- intralumina-one or more areas of the ameloblastic epithelial lining, proliferate into the lumen of the cystic space
▪ Mural – hard to distinguish from conventional,
so pathologists think they should NOT be treated the same as unicystic (which would be a more conservative treatment)
▪ Ameloblastoma arising in a cyst ‐ can usually be treated in a similar way as unicystic ameloblastoma.
What is this radiographic finding?
Unicystic Ameloblastoma
but could be
Dentigerous Cyst
based on clinical presentation!
So radiograph is not diagonstic
What is this radiographic finding?
Desmoplastic
Ameloblastoma
- Spherical growth. Within it, has both radiodense and radiolucent areas (is
- mixed radiolucent‐radiopaque)– similar appearance to benign fibro‐osseous lesions.
- Well‐circumscribed, corticated.
Conventional/Solid Ameloblastoma
Treatment
- Resection (treatment depends on extent of the lesion and anatomy of involved bone)
- Segmental
- Composite
- Long term (decades) follow up is needed for these patients
Peripheral
Ameloblastoma
Unicystic Ameloblastoma
Demographcics and Locations
▪ Younger initial presentation (~ 50% in 2nd decade)
▪ 90% in MD (mandibular)
▪ Typically asymptomatic and found on routine radiographic exam
Unicystic Ameloblastoma
Radiographically
- Commonly a well‐circumscribed radiolucency that surrounds the crown of an unerupted tooth
- Commonly accompanied by root resoprtion
Unicystic Ameloblastoma
radiographically can be confused with which cyst?
- Radiographically can be confused with dentigerous cyst
- Presence of root resorption should increase your suspicion of ameloblastoma
Unicystic Ameloblastoma
Treatment
- Treatment is typically enucleation and curettage
- Reports of lower rate of recurrence (10‐20%) than conventional ameloblastoma (50‐90%) with similar treatment
- Some recommend decompression prior to surgery
- Use of Carnoy’s solution after enucleation- resulted in a recurrence rate lower
Desmoplastic
Ameloblastoma
Location
- Anterior jaws (particularly maxilla)
case
Calcifying Epithelial Odontogenic Tumor
(CEOT)
Clinically: we see a little expansion on inferior aspect of mandible + lingual too
Radiographically: we see well‐circumscribed, a little corticated/sclerotic edge, impacted tooth
▪ we can see bowing of inferior aspect of mandible
▪ Within areas of radiolucency, see areas of opacity (calcified lesions = classic CEOT)
▪ When smaller► could have looked *unilocular*
Desmoplastic
Ameloblastoma
Radiographically
- looks “fibro‐osseous” due to mixed radiolucentradiopaque appearance
- Mineralization of dense collagen
- Well‐circumscribed, corticated.
What is this radiographic finding?
Calcifying Epithelial Odontogenic Tumor(CEOT)
- flecks of calcifications.
- Calcifications all around crown is common
What is this radiographic finding?
Calcifying Epithelial Odontogenic Tumor(CEOT)
- Multilocular radiolucency with calcifications.
- an expansion up to PMs and back to 2nd molar
- as well as bowing of mandible.
What is this radiographic finding?
Calcifying Epithelial Odontogenic Tumor(CEOT)
- Fewer calcifications here, well‐circumscribed and corticated, impacted tooth.
- periosteal reaction causing elevation at the bottom of image!
Calcifying Epithelial Odontogenic Tumor(CEOT)
- well‐circumscribed radiolucency with calcifications in lower anteriors
Peripheral
Ameloblastoma
Origin and Charcterstics
- Thought to arise from epithelial rests or basal cells in the gingiva
- Uncommon
- Does not invade underlying bone
- Histology is the same as conventional type
Peripheral
Ameloblastoma
location
- Found on gingiva or alveolar mucosa (*that’s why it’s named peripheral or extraosseous)
What are the two types of “Malignant”
Ameloblastomas ?
- Malignant ameloblastoma
- Ameloblastic carcinoma
Adenomatoid odontogenic tumor
(AOT)
Origin
- thought to arise from remnants of the dental lamina in the gubernacular cord /canal
What is Ameloblastic carcinoma?
- a primary lesion has atypical poorly‐differentiated
- neoplastic(malignant) histology
- may metastasize
What is the DD?
well‐circumscribed radiolucency at crown of an impacted canine
Hard to tell if attaches at CEJ.
If further down, less likely a dentigerous cyst and more likely AOT, ameloblastoma, or OKC
What is this radiographic finding?
we see calcifications forming, with both radiolucent and radiolucent areas.
▪ Dentingerous cyst, ameloblastoma, and OKC are NO LONGER in the differential diagnosis.
This is clearly AOT
_(_Adenomatoid odontogenic tumor)
What is this clinical finding?
Adenomatoid odontogenic tumor
(AOT)
Swelling in maxillary vestibule
What is this clinical finding?
Adenomatoid odontogenic tumor
(AOT)
fibrous capsule of AOT is at least partially encapsulated.
Easy to remove; “popped right out”.
What is this clinical finding?
Adenomatoid odontogenic tumor
(AOT)
An expansion into lingual area as well as into vestibule
What is this radiographic finding?
Adenomatoid odontogenic tumor
(AOT)
Snowflake‐like calcifications within mixed, well‐circumscribed radiolucency
What is this radiographic finding?
Adenomatoid odontogenic tumor
(AOT)
- Teardrop shape / inverted pear between roots of teeth.
- Well-circumscribed, corticated margin & snowflake‐like calcifications within
What is a malignant ameloblastoma?
▪ Malignant ameloblastoma
o Primary lesion and metastasis have normal welldifferentiated
ameloblastic (benign) histology
o Most commonly to lung
CALCIFYING EPITHELIAL ODONTOGENIC TUMOR
CEOT
also known as ?
Pindborg Tumor
Calcifying Epithelial Odontogenic Tumor
(CEOT)
▪ Uncommon (~1% of odontogenic tumors)
▪ Does not have inductive effect
Calcifying Epithelial Odontogenic Tumor
(CEOT)
Demographics and Location
o 2nd to 10th decades, peak ~ 4th decade
o MD (mandibular) 2 : 1 MX (maxillary)
o Usually posterior mandible
Calcifying Epithelial Odontogenic Tumor
(CEOT)
Clinically
- Presents as painless slowly expanding swellings
- sessile swellings of the gingiva or alveolus ( 2 times more on mandible than maxilla
- Peripheral lesion may be seen, but are rare
Calcifying Epithelial Odontogenic Tumor
(CEOT)
Radiographically
- May be unilocular, but most commonly as a multilocular lesion
- May be entirely radiolucent or a mixed radiolucent-radiopaque lesion
-
Often associated with an unerupted tooth
- MD third molar most common
- Calcifications in the lesion, if present, are typically prominent around the crown of the impacted tooth.
What is this radiographic finding?
In addition to fracture, there is semilunar loss of bone around the molars ► (SOT)
Squamous Odontogenic Tumor
What is this radiographic finding?
SOT
Squamous Odontogenic Tumor
- Semilunar loss of bone.
- Alveolar bone is gone due to impacted canine that is visible
Calcifying Epithelial Odontogenic Tumor
(CEOT) have clinical presentation similar to what lesion?
- CEOT clinically is similar to ameloblastoma
- Also, CEOT has potential to be locally invasive, if in the right anatomic location, but has a less aggressive biologic behavior compared to ameloblastoma
Calcifying Epithelial Odontogenic Tumor
(CEOT)
Treatment
▪ Enucleation _with peripheral ostectom_y
▪ Resection with rim of normal bone
▪ Recurrence rate is ~12%
▪ ~ 2% demonstrate malignant transformation
What is this radiographic finding?
Central odontogenic fibroma (COF)
- well‐circumscribed radiolucency posterior to molar
What is this radiographic finding?
Central odontogenic fibroma (COF)
round mass of opacity due to FCT. Ground glass‐like appearance
Adenomatoid odontogenic tumor
(AOT)
Demographics and Location
▪ 2/3 anterior jaws
▪ 2/3 females
▪ 2/3 associated with an impacted canine
▪ 2/3 MX
▪ 2/3 2nd decade – kids and teenagers\
That’s why it’s known as the tumor of two thirds
▪ ~ 3‐7% of all odontogenic tumors
New research showing more in _ant md_ though
Adenomatoid odontogenic tumor
(AOT)
Clinical charcterstics
- Frequently asymptomatic, discovered upon routine radiographic exam or when lesion becomes large enough to expand bone
- Tumor of Epithelial Origin
Adenomatoid odontogenic tumor
(AOT)
Radiographically
▪ ~ 75% are well‐circumscribed unilocular radiolucency involving the crown of an unerupted tooth
o less often, they are found between the roots of teeth
▪ Mixed radiolucent/radiopaque appearance is likened to “snowflake” calcifications
▪ May be totally radiopaque in some cases
▪ Divergence of roots is frequently seen
If an Adenomatoid odontogenic tumor (AOT) is not showing any calcifications yet, it’s in the differential
diagnosis with —— ?
a dentigerous cyst.
What is this radiographic finding?
Odontogenic Myxoma
- Classic example of enlargement of the mandible caused by multilocular radiolucency.
- Enlarged into oral cavity ‐ alveolar ridge elevated
What is this radiographic finding?
Odontogenic Myxoma
Case
Clinically: obliteration of vestibule on patient’s left mandible
Radiographically:lesion running from posterior by third molar all the way anterior to canine. Well‐circumscribed, multilocular radiolucency is scalloping up
between teeth, causing some root divergence
Grossly: gelatinous appearance of myxoma makes it hard to remove
After treatment: post‐surgery; had excised all the way to right 2nd PM
This is Odontogenic Myxoma
Adenomatoid odontogenic tumor
(AOT)
Treatment
- Treatment is usually enucleation
- recurrence is rare
CEMENTOBLASTOMA
(True Cementoma)
- First molar has tumor attached to the root.
- Mostly radiopaque but has some less radiodense areas within = classic for cementoblastoma.
- Radiolucent halo around region.
What is this gross and histological finding?
Cementoblastoma
Grossly continuous growth from tumor to the root of the tooth. Brownish
areas were more vascular.
Histologically: tubular dentin in tooth, attached to mass of tissue with calcifications
Squamous Odontogenic Tumor
(SOT)
Demographics and Location
▪ Typically involves alveolar ridge
▪ Anterior > Posterior jaws
▪ Seen from 2nd to 7th decade (mean 40 years of age)
Squamous Odontogenic Tumor
(SOT)
Clinical charcterstics
- Tumor of Epithelial Origin
- Rare
- Usually asymptomatic, but may present with tooth mobility and slight pain
-
Multiquadrant ~ 20-25%
- A couple reported cases in families
Squamous Odontogenic Tumor
(SOT)
Radiographically
-
Well‐circumscribed radiolucency , often a semilunar radiolucency of alveolar ridge
- Can mimic periodontal disease
Squamous Odontogenic Tumor
(SOT)
Origin
- Thought to arise from epithelial rests (Malassez) in the periodontal ligament space
Squamous Odontogenic Tumor
(SOT)
Treatment
- Treatment is conservative local excision
- Recurrence is rare
Compound Odontoma
Vs
Complex Odontoma
Compound Odontoma
- Mature normal appearing pulp, enamel and dentin
- Organization like teeth, with enamel surrounding dentin which surrounds pulp ( Well developed rudimentary “tooth” forms)
- appear as small tooth‐like structures in the Anterior jaws (esp. MX)
Complex Odontoma
- Mature pulp, enamel and dentin
- No organization, mass of dentin and enamel matrix and pulp tissue (**Poorly developed mass of calcified deposits)
- appear as masses of radiopaque material with
- variable densities in the Posterior jaws (esp. MD)
What is this radiographic finding?
Classic appearance of Odontoma
- multiple tooth‐like shapes aggregated together
- Typically with some sort of radiolucent halo around them
What is this radiographic finding?
Compound Odontoma
little teeth‐like structures blocking canine eruption
What is this radiographic finding?
Complex Odontoma
- 2‐2.5cm mass overlaying the molar.
- radiolucent rim/halo that is mixed, mostly radiopaque
Squamous Odontogenic Tumor SOT
Histologically may be mistaken for what other lesions?
- Ameloblastoma
- Squamous cell carcinoma (SCCa)
Central odontogenic fibroma (COF)
also known as ?
- *Odontogenic Fibroma
(central) **
Central odontogenic fibroma
(COF)
Origin
- Tumors of Mesenchymal Origin
- Some believe represents the counterpart to the peripheral ossifying (odontogenic) fibroma (in soft tissue)
Case
Primordial
Odontogenic Tumor
(POT)
unilocular radiolucency
Central odontogenic fibroma
(COF)
Location
- MX ≈ MD
- lesions in MX tend to be anterior to first molar
- those in MD anterior ≈ posterior
- 1/3 associated with an unerupted tooth
Central odontogenic fibroma (COF)
Clinically
-Small lesion tend to be asymptomatic
-Larger lesions can cause cortical expansion and tooth mobility
Central odontogenic fibroma
(COF)
Radiographically
-
Small lesions tend to be well-circumscribed unilocular radiolucencies
-
often periradicular
- can mimic periapical granulomas and cysts
-
often periradicular
- Larger lesions tend to be well-circumscribed multilocular radiolucencies
- Borders are usually sclerotic
- Root resorption or divergence may be seen
- ~ 10- 15% will show radiopaque flecks within the radiolucency
What is this radiographic finding?
Ameloblastic Fibroma
(AF)
1‐3 potential locules, no impacted tooth associated
Central odontogenic fibroma
(COF)
Treatment
- Enucleation with curettage or excision
- usually don’t recur
What is this radiographic finding?
Ameloblastic Fibro-odontoma (AFO)
- well‐circumscribed radiolucency
- corticated edge + calcification
What is this radiographic finding?
Ameloblastic Fibro-odontoma (AFO)
has expansion into oral cavity. Flecks of calcification
in lesion with impacted tooth = odontoma
What is the Microscopic Differential Diagnosis of Central odontogenic fibroma (COF)?
o Desmoplastic fibroma ‐ a more aggressive lesion
o Fibromyxoma ‐ variant of odontogenic myxoma with
abundant collagen
o Hyperplastic tooth follicle ‐ typically loose immature stroma, but when hyperplastic can have abundant collagen
Odontogenic Myxoma
Origin
- Tumors of Mesenchymal Origin
- Thought to arise from the tooth follicle or dental papilla
Odontogenic Myxoma
Demographics and Location
- ~3-5% of all odontogenic tumors
- Wide age range, but 3rd decade most common
- Found anywhere in the MD or MX
Odontogenic Myxoma
Radiographically
- Small lesions present as asymptomatic radiolucencies found upon routine exam
- Larger lesions can cause painless expansion of bone
- All are radiolucent lesions, but the appearance can vary from well‐ circumscribed to irregular and diffuse
- Unilocular to, more commonly, multilocular (“soap bubble” or “honeycomb”) radiolucency
-
Borders are often scalloped, can see sc_alloping around the roots of teeth_
- But can cause displacement of teeth and resorption of the roots of teet
What is this radiographic finding?
Ameloblastic Fibrosarcoma
in the mandible developed after two years from AF
Odontogenic Myxoma
Grossly
- the tumor is described as loose, soft and gelatinous
Odontogenic Myxoma
Treatment
- Surgical excision or resection
- Because the lesion is not encapsulated and has a gelatinous loose consistency► it is difficult to remove completely
- this is thought to be why myxoma has a fairly high recurrence rate
- Maxillary posterior lesions should be treated more aggressively
CEMENTOBLASTOMA
Origin
(True Cementoma)
- Tumor of Mesenchymal origin
- Benign tumor of cementoblasts
CEMENTOBLASTOMA
Demographics and Location
(True Cementoma)
- Typically present in 2nd and 3rd decade (~75% prior to the age of 30)
-
75% MD
- ▪ ~ 90% in molar/premolar region
*
- ▪ ~ 90% in molar/premolar region
CEMENTOBLASTOMA
(True Cementoma)
Clinically
- 2/3 of cases have pain and swelling
- Can cause cortical expansion if large enough
CEMENTOBLASTOMA
(True Cementoma)
Radiographically
- Radiopaque mass fused to the root of the affected tooth
- Usually has a thin radiolucent halo or rim surrounding the radiopacity
CEMENTOBLASTOMA
Treatment
(True Cementoma)
- surgical extraction of the involved tooth with attached tumor
- Root amputation (with attached tumor) and endo is an option for smaller lesions
- Recurrence is unlikely
Cementoblastoma has similar histologic presentation to what?
osteoblastoma
Difference is Osteoblastoma is NOT a_ttached to the root of a tooth_ (whereas cementoblastoma must be)
What are Odontogenic Tumors
of
Mixed Origin
(Epithelial and
Mesenchymal)
They are tumors in which the _odontogenic epithelial componen_t causes induction of the mesenchymal component to produce a product
Examples:
- Odontomas
- Ameloblastic fibroma
- (and Ameloblastic fibrosarcoma)
- Ameloblastic fibro-odontoma
Odontoma
Origin
- Odontogenic Tumors of Mixed Origin (Epithelial and Mesenchymal
- They are hamartomas rather than true neoplasms
- They are masses of enamel and dentin with variable amounts of pulp and cementum
What is the most common odontogenic “tumor”?
Odontoma
Odontoma
Demographics and Locations
▪ First 2 decade most common (mean age of 14)
Location is based on the type of Odontoma
-
Compound Odontoma
- Anterior jaws (esp. MX)
- **Well developed rudimentary “tooth” forms
-
Complex Odontoma
- Posterior jaws (esp. MD)
- **Poorly developed mass of calcified deposits
Odontoma
Charcterstics
- Often associated with an unerupted tooth
- Lesions may prevent eruption of teeth
- Usually small in size, but rare cases of > 6cm reported
- large lesions can cause bone expansion
Odontoma
Radiographically
▪ Radiographically see a radiopaque structure(s) surrounded by a radiolucent rim
▪ As with any calcified lesion, those found early in development may appear totally or predominantly radiolucent
▪ Compound odontomas appear as small tooth‐like structures
▪ Complex odontomas look like masses of radiopaque material with variable densities
Odontoma
Treatment
▪ Simple excision or enucleation
▪ Unlikely to recur
Primordial
odontogenic tumor
(POT)
Origin
- Tumor of mixed origin
- Very rare! first reported in 2014 -less than 30 cases so far
Primordial
odontogenic tumor
(POT)
Demographics and Location
- Most common in 1st and 2nd decades
- Mean age 12.5 years
- MD:MX 6:1
Primordial
Odontogenic Tumor
(POT)
Clinical Charcterstics
- Asymptomatic found on routine imaging
- Can cause tooth displacement and cortical expansion
Primordial
Odontogenic Tumor
(POT)
Radiographically
-
Well-defined radiolucency associated with an impacted tooth
- Most commonly a third molar
Primordial
Odontogenic Tumor
(POT)
Treatment
- conservative excision/enucleation
- So far no recurrence
Ameloblastic fibroma (AF) and ameloblastic fibro-odontoma (AFO)
Charcterstics
- Uncommon benign mixed odontogenic neoplasms.
- Considered together because it is thought they are variations of the same process
Ameloblastic fibroma (AF) and ameloblastic fibro-odontoma (AFO)
demographics and location
- Typically presents in first 2 decades
- mean is 12 years of age
- ~ 70% occur in the posterior mandible
- ~ 75% associated with unerupted teeth
Ameloblastic Fibroma (AF)
clinical and radiographic presentations
- Small lesions are asymptomatic and found on routine exam
- Large lesions can cause bone expansion
- Smaller lesions are unilocular Radiolucencies
- Large ones are multilocular radiolucencies
- Border is well defined and often sclerotic
- Untreated, can grow to very large size
Ameloblastic Fibro-odontoma (AFO)
Clinical and Radiographic features
- Clinical features similar to Ameloblastic Fibroma AF (Small lesions are asymptomatic and found on routine exam
& Large lesions can cause bone expansion)
Radiographically, we see a mixed radiolucent/radiopaque lesion because of the formation of odontomas
Ameloblastic fibroma (AF) and ameloblastic fibro-odontoma (AFO)
Treatment
-
Conservative surgical excision or curettage,
easily removed from surrounding bone - Prognosis is excellent, recurrence is unusual
- ▪ Rare cases reported of development of ameloblastic fibrosarcoma in area of AF or AFO
Ameloblastic
Fibrosarcoma
Charcterstics & Origin
- _Malignant counterpar_t of ameloblastic fibroma
- Rare lesion which may arise in the site of a previous AF/AFO or arise de novo
Ameloblastic
Fibrosarcoma
Demographics and location
- 1.5 times more common in males
- ~ 80% MD
Ameloblastic
Fibrosarcoma
Clinically
- Pain, swelling and rapid growth are common presenting signs
Ameloblastic
Fibrosarcoma
Radiographically
- presents as an ill-defined destructive radiolucency with irregular borders
Ameloblastic
Fibrosarcoma
Treatment
- Radical surgical excision as the tumor is very aggressive and infiltrative
- Prognosis is dependent on complete removal of tumor
Odontogenic carcinomas
List them (5)
-Ameloblastic carcinoma
-Primary intraosseous carcinoma, NOS
-Sclerosing odontogenic carcinoma
-Clear cell odontogenic carcinoma
-Ghost cell odontogenic carcinoma
All fairly rare lesions!
What is the Differential Diagnosis D/D of Multilocular Radiolucency
MOCHA
- M odontogenic Myxoma
- O Odontogenic keratocyst
- C Central giant cell granuloma
- H Central Hemangioma
- A _A_meloblastoma
Others:
- Aneurysmal bone cyst
- early CEOT
- ameloblastic fibroma AF
- central MECa
Key Concepts of
Malignant Lesions on
Imaging
Rapidly growing and infiltrative
–finger-like extensions into surrounding anatomy
Remember: in some instances, a benign lesion can mimic a malignant
one.
Therefore we should be wary of all the information that is available.
Key Concept of
Malignant Lesions on
Imaging
ill-defined invasive borders followed by bone destruction
Key Concept of
Malignant Lesions on
Imaging
Destruction of the cortical boundary (floor of maxillary antrum) with an adjacent soft tissue mass (arrows)
Key Concept of
Malignant Lesions on
Imaging
Tumor invasion along the periodontal membrane space causing irregular thickening of this space
Key Concept of
Malignant Lesions on Imaging
Multifocal lesions located at root apices and in the papilla of a developing tooth destroying the crypt cortex and displacing the developing tooth in an occlusal direction (arrow)
Key Concept of
Malignant Lesions on Imaging
Four types of effects on cortical bone and periosteal reaction, from top to the bottom:
•cortical bone destruction without periosteal reaction
•laminated periosteal reaction with destruction of the cortical bone and the new periosteal bone
•destruction of cortical bone with periosteal reaction at the periphery forming Codman’s triangles
•a spiculatedor sunray type of periosteal reaction
Key Concept of Malignant Lesions on Imaging
Bone destruction around existing teeth, producing an appearance of teeth floating in space.
What is this radiographic finding?
Chondrosarcoma
- its consistent widening as opposed to seen in periodontitis and inflammatory disease
Case
CC of loose teeth wanted extractions and a
denture
Chondrosarcoma
- Ill defined lesion of anterior maxilla
- Areas of radiolucency
- Classic area of moth‐eaten look
- Circular area of radiolucency with trabecular
- pattern
- Patient left without surgery, not heeding medical advice
Then patient came back
▪ Someone was willing to do the dentures for her
▪ CC‐ denture was not fitting
▪ Expansion of cortical plate
▪ Hyperkeratotic because of denture rubbing
▪ Still has malignancy
▪ Advise for surgery
▪ Refused again
Then the lesion kept on Lesion still growing
▪ Metastasize to lungs
▪ Admitted to breathing issues
▪ About 5 ½ years from initial dx to
pt passing away
What is this clinical finding?
Chondrosarcoma
- Alveolar process and floor of mouth affected
- Limitations of movement of the tongue
Case
- 83 year old female with nodular areas under denture on anterior mandibular ridge
- ▪ c/c of her denture rocking
Can see in the anterior region there’s an
elevation
histology shows it’s not chondrosarcoma
because it contained Cutright lesion
papule or nodule on alveolar ridge
- Osseous and/or chondromatous metaplasia within the soft tissue of the gingiva
o Lesion is NOT central in bone or connected to bone
▪ NOT a malignant lesion
o Thought to be reactive metaplasia due to a poorly fitting denture
Chondroma & Chondrosarcoma
- *Chondroma –** benign
- *Chondrosarcoma**‐ malignant
- Both are listed here because
- a benign cartilaginous tumor central In the jaw is extremely rare (or may not exist)
- Lesions tend to recur many times and eventually metastasize ( Basically chondromas are not really benign)
Chondrosarcoma
Charcterstics
- Malignant tumor that forms cartilage
- 10% of all primary bone tumors, but rare in the jaws
What is this clinical finding?
Osteosarcoma
▪ Swelling on left side of face
▪ Difficult opening
What is this clinical finding?
Osteosarcoma
- See something in the operculum
- Infection in third molar?
What is this radiographic finding?
Osteosarcoma
- AP Plain Film
- Most of jaw was missing
- Radiolucency affecting entire ramus and condyle
What is this radiographic finding?
Osteosarcoma
- Classic sunburst pattern
- Fuzzy appearance on outer edges of cortex
What is this radiographic finding?
Osteosarcoma
- cloudy bone formation on surface of cortex on facial and lingual aspect
What is this clinical finding?
Osteosarcoma
a patient with swelling with side of face
What is this radiographic finding?
Osteosarcoma
▪ Lytic lesion
▪ Slightly ill defined
▪ Loss of bone in the inferior aspect of mandible
Chondrosarcoma
Clinical presentations
- Patient’s chief complaint is painless swelling, may be associated with tooth mobility
-
Symmetric widening of the PDL space
- Can be initial presentation with chondrosarcoma and osteosarcoma
-
Along radicular surface of the tooth there is the same rate of widening all the way down the tooth
- In contrast to periodontal disease, where there is a triangular shaped loss of space
Chondrosarcoma
Radiographically
-
Poorly defined radiolucency, often with scattered radiopaque foci
- Radiopaque foci can be seen since the cartilage in the tumor can ossify
Chondrosarcoma
Treatment
-
Radical surgical excision on initial treatment
-
Maxillectomy/Mandibulectomy
- If anterior region they remove the entire anterior portion of the jaw
-
Maxillectomy/Mandibulectomy
- These lesions don’t respond to radiation or chemotherapy
- Although used as adjuncts for lesions that can’t be treated surgically
-
For example a posterior sinus lesion since that is the base of the skull
- These patients have poorer prognosis than those with more accessible sites such as the mandible
- Prognosis is poorer than for osteosarcoma (which contrasts with the prognosis in extragnathicsites)
- Treatment failure (and mortality) is usually due to uncontrolled local disease not metastasis
Why any diagnosis of chondroma in the jaws should be viewed with suspicion?
- Since 20% of chondrosarcomas of the jaw are initially misdiagnosed as chondromas ► any diagnosis of chondromain the jaws should be viewed with suspicion
-
All cartilaginous tumors arising in the jaws should be excised widely
- (>60% of cartilaginous tumors of the jaw recur and ~7% metastasize to the lung and/or bone )
Osteosarcoma
_Demographics & Location_MD > MX, Male > Female
- Most common malignant bone tumor in the jaws is metastatic disease
-
Most commonly primary (meaning started at this location) malignant bone tumor in patients under 40 years old
- 2nd most common overall after multiple myeloma
-
Mean age at presentation for jaw lesions is 33 years old, 10‐15 years older than that for long bones
*
Osteosarcoma
Clinically & Radiographically
- Swelling and pain are the common presenting symptoms (25% have “toothache”)
- Can also have loosening of teeth,** **paresthesia of lip** and **nasal obstruction
- Symmetric widening of the PDL is often an early radiographic change
- Lesions vary from dense sclerotic, mixed sclerotic and radiolucent to all radiolucent
Osteosarcoma
Treatment
- Important to distinguish from chondrosarcoma as treatments are different
- Osteosarcoma is currently treated with pre-op multi-agent chemotherapy followed by surgery
-
Radiation therapy alone is insufficient for cure
- Favorable jaw site – MD symphysis
- Worst site – MX sinus
- 5 year survival is ~ 20% (up to 80% if caught early and treated with radical resection)
What is this clinical finding?
Langerhans Cell
Disease
Infant with Acute disseminated type
▪ See lesions on head/ear
What is this clinical finding?
Langerhans Cell
Disease
we see lesions on maxilla
What is this clinical finding?
Langerhans Cell Disease
▪ Older child
▪ Chronic disseminated form
▪ Alveolar ridge involvement
▪ Lot of bone loss and mobility
▪ Painful to brush
What are these clinical findings?
Langerhans Cell Disease
Torus and molar involvement
What is this clinical finding?
Eosinophilic
Granulations
Erythematous area
What is this radiographic finding?
▪ Child with disseminated form
▪ Punched out radiolucency in the skull
What is this clinical finding?
▪ Child with bone loss surround the teeth
▪ Floating teeth
disseminated form
What is this radiographic finding?
▪ Floating teeth
▪ Only attached by soft tissue due to extensive bone loss
disseminated form
What is this radiographic finding?
Eosinophilic granuloma
Peripheral (juxtacortical) Osteosarcoma
Location
- Arise on the surface of the bone (vs. medullary site for usual forms of osteosarcoma)
- Usually long bones
What are the two types of Peripheral (juxtacortical) Osteosarcoma ?
parosteal – well differentiated, but will recur with less than an en bloc or radical surgery
periosteal – higher grade with prominent cartilaginous component
Parosteal Peripheral Osteosarcoma
Charcterstics
o Mushroom like growth on bone surface
o No elevation of periosteum
o No new bone formation
o Low grade
Periosteal Peripheral Osteosarcoma
Charcterstics
o Usually sessile growth on bone surface
o Elevation of periosteum
o New bone fills in space under periosteum
o Prognosis is better than medullary osteosarcoma but worse
thanparosteal type
Langerhans Cell
Disease
also known as
?
- Histiocytosis X (old name)
- Langerhans cell granuloma
- Eosinophilic granuloma
- Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Etiology
Etiology unclear
o Demonstration that LCH cells are clonal, along with the recent discovery of activating BRAF mutations in LCH cells, ►strongly suggests that LCH is a neoplastic disease
Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Demographics & Location
- Males>>> Females
- More than half of cases seen under the age of 10
- Jaw affected in 10 ‐20% of cases
What is this radiographical finding?
- Punched out radiolucency
- Lytic radiolucency without cortication
MM
Multiple Myeloma
What is this radiographical finding?
- more punched out radiolucency in iliac crest in the image
- Bone marrow biopsy usually done in this area since it’s frequently involved
multiple Myeloma
MM
What is this radiographical finding?
Multiple Myeloma
▪ Radiolucency without sclerotic border
▪ Multiple and separated
What is this clinical finding
Swelling of gingiva
▪ Plasmacytoma
Langerhans Cell
Histiocytosis
Clinically & Radiographically
Clinically:
Common sites: skull, rib, vertebrae, and mandible
▪ Often have associated pain or tenderness
Radiographically:
▪ In jaws we see loss of alveolar bone in molar area
o Mimics severe periodontitis
Types of Langerhans Cell
Disease
List 3
▪ Acute disseminated form (Letterer‐Siwe disease)
▪ Chronic disseminated form (Hand‐Schuller‐Christian Disease,
▪ Eosinophilic Granuloma (chronic localized)
Acute disseminated form (Letterer‐Siwe disease)
charcterstics
- Multisystem (bone, skin, liver spleen and lymph nodes)
- Infants
- high mortality
- rapidly progressive
Chronic disseminated form (Hand‐Schuller‐Christian Disease, Multifocal Eosinophilic Granuloma)
Charcterstics
- Unisystem (frequently bone, but also skin and viscera)
- Children
- fairly high mortality
- more chronic progression
What is this gross finding?
Ewing Sarcoma
▪ Long bone
▪ Large expansion
What is this radiographical finding?
Ewing Sarcoma
- an _expansion of tissu_e
- Dissolution of bone in that area
Eosinophilic Granuloma (chronic localized)
Charcterstics
- Solitary or multiple bone lesions without visceral involvement
- Adults
- very low mortality
- Some reports of association with smoking marijuana
- In these cases the lungs are involved
The site of invovelement of Langerhans Cell
Disease depends on ?
Site of involvement depends on clinical form
- Neoplastic proliferation of Langerhans cells
- Langerhans cells
- Dendritic mononuclear cells normally found in the epidermis and mucosa
- Antigen presenting cells to T lymphocytes
- Langerhans cells
What is this radiographical finding?
Metastatic Carcinoma to Jaw Bones
▪ A. Metastatic breast carcinoma surrounding the apical half of the second and third molar roots and extending inferiorly. It has destroyed the inferior border of the mandible.
What is this radiographical finding?
Metastatic Carcinoma to Jaw Bones
B. Bilateral metastatic lesions from the lung destroying the mandibular rami.
What is this radiographical finding?
Metastatic Carcinoma to Jaw Bones
D. Destruction of the left mandibular condyle (arrows) from a thyroid metastatic lesion
What is this radiographical finding?
Metastatic Carcinoma to Jaw Bones
A. Partial panoramic image of prostate metastatic lesions involving the body and ramus; note the sclerotic bone reaction (arrows).
What is this radiographical finding?
Metastatic Carcinoma to Jaw Bones
B. Occlusal image of prostate lesions causing sclerosis and spiculated periosteal reaction (arrows)
What is this radiographical finding?
Metastatic Carcinoma to Jaw Bones
C. Periapical image of a metastatic lesion of breast carcinoma; note the irregular widening of the periodontal membrane spaces and patchy sclerotic bone reaction, especially around the roots of the molars
Chronic disseminated form (Hand-Schuller-Christian Disease, Multifocal Eosinophilic Granuloma)
What is its classic Triad?
- Exophthalmus
- Diabetes insipidus
- Lytic defects of bone
Chronic disseminated form of Langharan Disease
Clinically and radiographically
Clinically:
- we see mobility of teeth
Radiographically:
- picture of child with “teeth floating in air”
- Sharply punched out radiolucent lesions, ill- defined radiolucency in some cases
Eosinophilic Granuloma
Charcterstics & Demographics
- Elderly men often present with lung lesions (increased incidence with smoking)
- Localized lesions, usually affecting one bone
- If found to be an accessible solitary lesion, treatment is usually curettage and possibly low dose RT
- in some instances it can be initial presentation of systemic disease – but that would typically be in children or young adults
Langerhans Cell
Histiocytosis
Histology
It contain rod shape called
Birbeck granules
What is the differential diagnosis for Alveolar Bone Loss in Children?
o Juvenile periodontitis
o Langerhans cell histiocytosis
o Papillon‐Lefevre syndrome
o Cyclic neutropenia/agranulocytosis
o Burkitt’s Lymphoma
Multiple Myeloma
charcterstics
Monoclonal Expansion of malignant plasma cells
- Plasma cells make a lot of immunoglobulin ► So we will see a lot of immunoglobulin
Multiple Myeloma
Demographics and Location
- Most common in 40‐70 year old
- Means 63 years old
- Bones most commonly involved include ribs, vertebrae and skull
- 70‐90% will have jaw involvement at some point
Multiple Myeloma
Clinically
- Present with bone pain (>70%) and pathologic fractures
- Anemia, thrombocytopenia and neutropenia due to crowding out of normal cells within bone marrow by proliferating malignant cells
- 50‐60% have Bence‐Jones proteins in urine (light chains, usually kappa)
▪ Solitary plasmacytoma Vs Extramedullary plasmacytoma Vs Multiple myeloma – multifocal disseminated disease
▪ Solitary plasmacytoma
-
Individual lesion in bone
- When affecting oral cavity, ~95% of the cases are ramus and angle of the mandible
- In many cases p_rogress to more systemic disease_
Extramedullary plasmacytoma
- individual soft tissue lesion (not central In bone)
Multiple myeloma
- multifocal disseminated disease
Multiple Myeloma
Radiographically
- “punched out” radiolucencies (no sclerotic margin) often with an irregular outline
Multiple Myeloma
Lab findings
- Elevated M spike in serum
- Elevation of immunoglobulin in serum (hyperglobulinemia) most commonly IgG
- Deposition of amyloid in tissues (macroglossia)
Multiple Myeloma
Treatmet
Treatment can include :
- chemotherapy with or without Radtiaion Therapy
- bone marrow transplant
- interferon
- antibodies made against tumor cells
- thalidomide
- Even with treatment, many patients do not survive more than 18‐24 months, however treatment modalities are improving
- Older patients are treated less aggressively
Ewing Sarcoma, Ewing’s family of sarcomas
Charcterstics
▪ Highly malignant, undifferentiated, small round cell tumor/small blue cell tumor
o The cell of origin is in question, may be of neural crest origin
Ewing Sarcoma
Demographics and Location
- Primarily a disease of children and adolescents (90% of patients are between 5 and 30 years old) ▪ >60% males ▪
- Twice as common in mandible
- Caucasians>>>>Blacks and Asians
- Make up ~6% of primary malignant bone tumors
- In the jaws, the ratio of primary tumor to metastasis is 14 to 1
- 50% of cases in the femur and pelvic bones
- ~1% occur in the jaw bones
Ewing Sarcoma
Clinically
- Patients often present with pain, swelling, fever and elevated ESR (similar to signs of inflammation)
- May be misdiagnosed as an infection or osteomyelitis
- Paresthesia and loosening of teeth are common findings with jaw lesions
Ewing Sarcoma
Radographically
- an irregular lytic lesion with ill‐defined margins
- Root resorption may be seen
- May see thickening of the periosteum with a characteristic “onion skinning” pattern (like with peripheral periostitis)
- seen more in long bones
Ewing Sarcoma
Treatment
- Combined therapy with multi‐agent chemotherapy, radiation therapy and surgery has led to 40% ‐ 80% survival rates
- Gnathic Ewing sarcoma has a lower mortality rate than all other primary sites
What are the most common carcinomas that metastasize to the jaw
The most common carcinomas to jaw: Breast Lung Thyroid and Colon Kidney Prostate ▪
“B. L. T. and Cold Kosher Pickle”
Malignant tumors of jaw
Review
Metastatic tumors to the jaw are more common than primary lesions
● Think osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, or osteoblastic metastasis (breast or prostate) if lesion radiographically looks malignant and has radiopaque internal pattern
● Ewing’s sarcoma is clinically accompanied by signs of inflammation
●Multiple myeloma characteristically presents as multiple, well‐ defined, punched‐out radiolucencies
● Bone affected by Non‐Hodgkin’s lymphoma radiographically appears to be dissolving
● Langerhans cell histiocytosis characteristically presents as scooped‐ out radiolucencies at the mid‐root level
● Remember to include metastatic carcinoma to jaw as a radiographic differential diagnosis for malignant lesions
What are Gastrointestinal Diseases
what are example of them?
Inflammatory bowel diseases associated with oral findings
▪ Crohn disease
▪ Ulcerative colitis
▪ Pyostomatitis vegetans
▪ Celiac Disease
Crohn Disease
Regional Ileitis
What areas does affect?
What are the symptoms?
What areas does affect?
● Primarily affecting distal small intestine and proximal colon
What are the symptoms?
● Symptoms include abdominal cramping, pain, bloating, diarrhea, and nauseas (similar amongst the GI diseases)
● Patients often have weight loss and malnutrition
● 20% have abrupt onset of symptoms resembling acute appendicitis or bowel perforation
Crohn Disease
Regional Ileitis
When it is diagnosed?
Etiology?
Prevalence?
What are the oral implactions?
When it is diagnosed?
● Usually initially diagnosed in adolescents
Etiology?
● Etiology unknown‐ immunologically mediated?
o Theory of being too clean as a child and having a negative response as we grow older since we’re not used to normal bacteria
Prevalence?
● Prevalence increasing, reason unknown
What are the oral implactions?
●Oral lesions can be first sign of disease
Crohn Disease
Histopathology
● Superficial or deep ulceration with adjacent granulation tissue extending into deep submucosa or below
● A transmural granulomatous inflammation
o Sarcoid‐like, non‐caseating, poorly formed granulomas, in all tissue layers (50‐70% of cases) usually adjacent to blood
vessels or lymphatics
● Transmural inflammation with lymphoid aggregates throughout bowel wall
Crohn Disease
Oral Findings
- Recurrent oral ulcerations can mimic those seen with recurrent aphthous lesions
-
Diffuse or nodular swelling of the oral and perioral tissues
- Can look like epulis fissuratum
-
Deep linear granulomatous‐appearing ulcerations (often in the buccal vestibule area)
- Cobblestone mucosal appearance
- Polypoid tag‐like lesions on vestibular and retromolar mucosa
- Enlargement of lips caused by granulomatous inflammation: orofacial granulomatosis
Crohn Disease
Treatment
- Current strategies aim for deep and long‐lasting remission, with the goal of preventing complications, such as surgery, and blocking disease progression
- Immunosuppressant such as cyclosporine
- In more severe cases;
- *high dose corticosteroids and**
- chemotherapeutics to induce a remission
-
Nutritional supplements (iron, folate)
- Because they are unable to absorb nutrients
- If medical means do not keep patient under control► surgical removal of a portion or all of the intestine
- When intestinal symptoms are under control►oral ulcerations resolve
Which systemic disease manifests like this?
Crohn Disease
- Patients can also get angular cheilitis
- Above the Linear ulceration, can see a flap like structure which is the hyperplastic margin
Which systemic disease has this oral manifestation?
- we see the ulceration and hyperplastic tissue surrounding it.
Which systemic disease has this oral manifestation?
Crohn Disease
Nodular appearance of buccal mucosa
Which systemic disease has this oral manifestation?
Crohn Disease
we see more nodules
Which systemic disease has this oral manifestation?
Crohn Disease
Linear granulomatous ulcerations
But they are not the aphthous ulcerations but the more
linear type
How different is Ulcerative Collitis from Crohn Disease?
Unlike Crohn’s, lesions extend in a continuous fashion proximally from the rectum (no skip lesions) and histologically don’t have granulomas
Pseudomembranous
Ulcerative Colitis
Causes?
Bactrial Overgrowth in the pseduomemberane
(C.difficile Overgrowth)
Causes:
- Clindamycin prolonged use ~2 weeks can cause the C. difficile overgrowth.
- Always warn patients if you prescribe clindamycin about possible side effects and stop usage since do not want them to develop untreatable strains
Ulcerative Colitis
- What are the symptoms
- What type of Cancer risk it presents?
What are the symptoms
- A chronic inflammatory disease of the colon (mucosa and submucosa) presenting with diarrhea, rectal bleeding, abdominal pain, weight loss and fever
What type of Cancer risk it presents?
- Increased risk of colon cancer
Pyostomatitis
vegetans
Treatment
● Treatment is not well standardized, fairly rare disease and good double blind studies rare
● Can use topical corticosteroids
● Werchniak et al had good results with topical tacrolimus
● Sulfasalazine or Prednisone for GI lesions
● If GI symptoms are under control► oral lesions will resolve
Oral Manifestations of which systemic disease?
Pyostomatitis
Vegetans
Oral Manifestations of which systemic disease?
Pyostomatitis
vegetans
Oral Manifestations of which systemic disease?
Pyostomatitis
vegetans
Snail track
appearance
Ulcerative Colitis
Oral Lesions
● In some cases, patients get recurrent oral ulcerations (can have aphthous‐like lesions)
● Papillary mucosal projections with deep linear ulcers and fissures
● Intraepithelial pustules of the mucosa (pyostomatitis vegetans)
Ulcerative Colitis
Management
● Use of anti‐inflammatory medications
o Sulfasalazine or Prednisone
● If medical means do not succeed► then removal of part or all of colon
What is the difference between Inflammatory Bowel
Disease IBD & Irritable
Bowel Syndrome IBS
● IBD
o Classified as a disease
o Can cause destructive inflammation and permanent harm to the intestines
o The disease can be seen during diagnostic imaging
o Increased risk for colon cancer
● IBS
o Classified as a syndrome, a group of symptoms
o Dose not cause inflammation; rarely requires hospitalization or surgery
o There is no sign of abnormality during an exam of the colon
▪ Usually because it’s only periodic
o No increased risk form colon cancer or IBD
Pyostomatitis
Vegetans
what is it?
Demographics?
Symptoms onset?
What is it?
- Thought to be an unusual presentation of inflammatory bowel disease, especially ulcerative colitis (sometimes with Crohn’s)\
Demographics
- In only a rare subset of patients
- Typically present before 30 years of age
Symptoms onset
- ~25% of cases seen in absence of GI symptoms
- May see oral symptoms before the GI symptoms
Pyostomatitis
Vegetans
Oral Symptoms
and
Most common sites in the mouth?
Oral Symptoms
● Recurrent oral ulcerations _concurrent with, or prior to GI symptoms_
● Oral mucosa is erythematous and thickened with multiple
cream/yellow‐colored pustulesandsuperficial erosions
● Linear “snail track” oral pustules
Most common sites in the mouth?
● Most common sites include buccal and labial mucosa, soft palate, and ventral tongue
Celiac (Sprue) Disease
What is it?
Which gene is involved?
Symptoms?
What is it?
● Chronic disease (diffuse enteritis) of the small intestine which improves upon withdrawal of gluten proteins
Which gene is involved?
● >90% express HLA‐B8 histocompatibility antigen
Symptoms?
● Patients present with diarrhea, gas, weight loss, fatigue, impaired nutrient absorption, etc
Oral manifestation of which Systemic Disease?
Amyloidosis
Nodular “waxy” depositions in skin
deposition on the eyelid
Which systemic disease has this oral manifestation?
Amyloidosis
orange, red, yellow tinge
Which systemic disease has this oral manifestation?
Amyloidosis
Macroglossis and crenation of tongue (indentation near the teeth area)
skin deposits on the comissure,
Which systemic disease has this oral manifestation?
Amyloidosis
macroglossia
Which systemic disease has this oral manifestation?
Amyloidosis
Amyloid deposition on the tongue is amyloid, you have papule and nodule like area, can see the crenation of the tooth
Which systemic disease has this oral manifestation?
Amyloidosis
Submucosal amyloid deposit
Which systemic disease has this oral manifestation?
Amyloidosis
Amyloid deposition with ulceration and petechiae
Which systemic disease has these oral manifestations?
Amyloidosis
▪ different color compared to normal tongue with amyloid
Patients with Celiac (Sprue) Disease have risk of developing which cancer?
● 10‐15% risk of GI lymphoma
Celiac (Sprue) Disease
Oral Symptoms
● 10‐15% risk of GI lymphoma
● Oral symptoms include aphthous‐like ulceration of mucosa
● Patients can have enamel defects and pitting
Amyloidosis
What is it?
From what does it form?
Seen with what disease?
What is it?
-
Protein deposits in tissue
- Paucicellular eosinophilic deposits amorphous eosinophilic deposit
From what does it form?
- Form fibrillar β‐pleated sheets within the tissue
Seen with what disease?
- multiple myeloma
Amyloidosis
what are its Types and what they are associated with?
- ▪ Primary amyloidosis is associated with multiple myeloma
- Reactive systemic amyloidosis
- Hemodialysis associated amyloidosis kidney dysfunction
- Hereditary amyloidosis (Familial Mediterranean Fever), present with polyneuropathies, cardiac arrhythmias, renal failure, CHF
- Localized dermal amyloidosis
Primary amyloidosis is associated with which cancer?
multiple myeloma
Hemodialysis associated amyloidosis leads to ——
kidney dysfunction
Amyloidosis
Organ Limited
Clinically
- Rare in oral cavity
- Amyloid nodule, asymptomatic submucosal deposit
- Not associated with systemic symptoms
Primary or Muliple Myeloma associated Amyloidosis
Systemic
Demographics & Clinical presentations
- Older adults > 65yrs
- Male predilection
- Amyloid deposits lead to macroglossia, carpal tunnel syndrome, hepatomegaly, dry mouth
- Skin lesions: Waxy papules and plaques, smooth surface (eyelid area, retroauricular, neck, lips), orangy, red appearance
Secondary Amyloidosis
systemic
Etiology & Effects
- Due to chronic inflammatory process
- *(osteomyelitis, TB,** sarcoidosis)
- Affects liver, kidney, spleen, adrenals but not heart
- can affect multiple organs, heart is usually spared
Hemodialysis associated Amyloidosis
Etiology & Effects
o Accumulation of normal protein (beta‐2 microglobulin) in plasma
_o Deposits in bones and joint_s
o Carpal tunnel syndrome, cervical spine pain
o Tongue deposits can have macroglossia
Amyloidosis
Clinical Presentations
-
Deposition of an extracellular proteinaceous material‐often immunoglobulins
- all types have common feature of a β‐pleated sheet molecular configuration
-
Macroglossia
- can be massive and exhibit dental indentations (crenation) with yellowish peripheral nodules
- Gingiva: usually normal in color, but may be bluish, spongy and enlarged
- Xerostomia if deposits in salivary glands
- Mucosal petechiae can be seen
Amyloidosis
Mangement
- Medical work‐up to determine type of amyloidosis
- Treat underlying disease when possible
- No treatment available for most types
- Chemo drugs (Colchicine, Prednisone, Melphalan, Thalidomide, Cyclophosphamide) for multiple myeloma
- Serum electrophoresis – monoclonal gammopathy very complicated and time consuming treatment
- Renal transplant for dialysis‐associated type
- Death due to cardiac failure, arrhythmias or renal failure is not uncommon within a few year of dx
Diabetes Mellitus
Endocrine Disease
- a group of metabolic disorders with one common manifestation: hyperglycemia
- Basic problem is either a decreased production of insulin or tissue resistance to insulin
Diabetes Mellitus
Pathophysiology
▪ Insulin is hormone produced by beta cells of the pancreatic islets of Langerhans
▪ It is required for the uptake of glucose by body cells
▪ Insulin binds specific receptors which trigger the intracellular events necessary for glucose uptake
Diabetes Mellitus
Types
Type 1
Type 2
Diabetes Mellitus
Type I
Definition
Demographics
Symptoms
Etiology
Definition
insulin‐dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM)
Demographics
5‐10% of cases
Juvenile onset (avg age 14)
Symptoms
- Severe absolute lack of insulin
- Hyperglycemia and ketoacidosis
- Blood glucose levels of 200‐400 mg/dl (70‐120 normal)
- Ketoacidosis from using protein and fat for energy instead of glucose body can’t use glucose
- Thin body habitus
Etiology
- Autoimmune disease
- Thought to be possible viral infection as trigger to Islet cell antibody destruction of beta cells
Diabetes Mellitus
Type II
Definition
Demographics
Symptoms
Etiology
Definition
- non‐insulin‐dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM)
Demographics
- About 90% of cases
- Onset in older, obese adults (80‐90%); ketoacidosis is rare
Symptoms
- _Patients produce some insuli_n, can typically be treated with oral medication
- “insulin resistance”‐ insulin levels appear WNL or elevated
Etiology
- Decreased number of insulin receptors or defective receptors
- Genetic abnormalities, multifactorial
- Growing percent of the US population as well as around the world
Diabetes Mellitus
Complications
▪ Decreased neutrophil chemotaxis ►do not fight off infections as well as
you should
▪ Peripheral vascular disease►microangiopathy
o Results in ischemia: kidney failure, gangrenous complications of lower limbs, retinal involvement leading to blindness
o Amputations, CVA or MI
o Ketoacidosis may lead to diabetic coma
Diabetes Mellitus
Oral Findings
Most often associated with Type I but may be seen with Type II
- Periodontal disease‐ more frequent occurrence, more rapid progression
- Poor healing post oral surgery/extractions
- Enlargement and erythema of the attached gingiva
-
Increased risk of infections
- Candidiasis
- Xerostomia‐ 1/3 of pts complain of dryness
- Diabetic Sialadenosis‐ both type I and type II
- Mucormycosis‐ in uncontrolled disease and the tissue becomes necrotic because it is not getting any blood supply
-
Dental Carieso Benign migratory glossitis
- Increased prevalence in type I
Diabetes Mellitus
TYPE I
Management
- Insulin injections
-
Insulin shock‐ if blood glucose falls below 40 mg/dl
- Treat with dextrose
Diabetes Mellitus
TYPE II
Management
- Dietary modification and weight loss
-
Oral hypoglycemic agents
- ex. tolbutamide, glyburide, metformin
- Drugs may cause a lichenoid drug reaction
Oral Manifestation of which systemic disease
Diabetes Mellitus
Gingivitis = puffy red papillae here between the
central and lateral incisors
Oral Manifestation of which systemic disease ?
Diabetes mellitus
Anterior papillae are very puffy and red and fill of pus
Posterior gingiva are very
hyperplastic
Oral Manifestation of which systemic disease ?
Hyperplastic gingiva
Oral Manifestation of which systemic disease ?
Diabetes Mellitus
Sialadenosis
Oral Manifestation of which systemic disease ?
Diabetes Mellitus
diabetic patient who
developed Mucormycosis
Notice it is causing necrosis in the palate
Which systemic disease has this oral manifestation?
Lichenoid mucositis looks like lichen
planus
-same reticular white pattern, but there are
areas of erosion and some ulceration as
well
-some diabetic medications can lead to this
Hyperthyroidism
Treatment
- Treatment includes:
- Surgery – complete or partial removal of thyroid gland
-
Medications
- Propylthiouracil and methimazole block normal use of iodine by thyroid gland
- Radioactive iodine 131I
- Treatment often results in hypothyroidism
Which systemic disease has this oral manifestation?
Hyperthyroidism
- enlargement of the neck
- characteristic stare
Hyperthyroidism
what is its most common form?
Graves’ Disease is the most common form
o An autoimmune disease attacks thyroid (TSH receptor)
o Leads to elevated release of thyroxine
o Most often a diffuse thyroid enlargement (goiter)
In Hyperthyroidism, what happens to
T4 (thyroxine) and TSH values
- Serum T4 (thyroxine) is elevated
and
- TSH is decreased
Hyperthyroidism
Demographics
▪ 5‐10X more common in females ‐ 2% of women
▪ 3rd ‐ 4th decade of life
Hypothyroidism
Treatment
▪ Treatment is thyroid hormone replacement
▪ Prognosis is generally good
▪ If children are not treated in a timely fashion ► permanent CNS damage can occur (mental retardation)
Which systemic disease has this oral manifestation?
hypothyroidism
woman who had
hypothyroidism, lips are thickened, thick creases in the face
Which systemic disease has this oral manifestation?
hypothyroidism,
in child, still has
deciduous teeth even though its an older child
Radiographically we see the teeth have not erupted in the oral cavity
Which systemic disease has this oral manifestation?
Hypothyroidism
Macroglossia and crenation (scalloping)
of the lateral tongue
Before and after tx of which systemic disease?
hypothyroidism
Hyperthyroidism
What patients might complain of?
What are the symptoms?
What patients might complain of?
- nervousness
- heart palpitations
- heat intolerance
- muscle weakness
- emotionally labile
What are the symptoms?
- weight loss, excessive perspiration, tachycardia,
tremors, eyelid retraction and exophthalmos
- 20‐40% have ocular involvement
o Early in the disease‐ characteristic stare with eyelid retraction and lid lag
o Exophthalmos or proptosis
▪ Oral findings in children can include early eruption of teeth
Benign and malignant tumors of thyroid and pituitary gland can cause which systemic disease
hyperthyroidism
Hypothyroidism
What happens in Hypothyroidism?
What it is called in children & adults?
How it is diagnosed?
What happens in Hypothyroidism?
- Decreased levels of thyroid hormone
What it is called in children & adults?
- cretinism in children
- myxedema in adults
How it is diagnosed?
- Diagnosed by measuring T4 (free thyroxine) in serum
Hypothyroidism
Primary and secondary etiologies and T4,TSH profile?
▪ Primary Hypothyroidism
‐ due to abnormality in thyroid gland
o T4 low, TSH elevated
▪ Secondary Hypothyroidism (less common)
‐ pituitary gland doesn’t produce adequate
amounts of TSH
o T4 low, TSH low or borderline
Hashimoto’s thyroiditis or thyroid surgery are main causes in adults of which systemic disease?
Hypothyroidism
Hypothyroidism
Symptoms
Oral findings
Symptoms
- Symptoms include lethargy, dry skin, thinning hair, swelling (edema) of face and extremities, huskiness of voice, weakness and fatigue
- ▪ Infants have failure to thrive
Symptoms
o Thickened lips and macroglossia due to accumulation of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs)
o In children can see failure of tooth eruption even though teeth have normal development (enamel pitting can be seen)
An Oral Manifestaion of which systemic disease?
Hyperparathyroidism
in young children
Primary Hyperparathyroidism
Charcterstics
o Uncontrolled PTH production
o 80‐90% caused by parathyroid adenoma
o ~15% caused by hyperplasia
o ~ 2% caused by parathyroid carcinoma
Secondary Hyperthirydoism
Charcterstics
o PTH continuously produced in response to chronic low serum calcium (usually associated with chronic renal disease)
Hyperparathyroidism
Classic triad
of
bones, stones, and groans (& moans)
-
Bones – Changes in the bones:
- Subperiosteal resorption of distal phalanges (early in disease)
- Loss of lamina dura around roots (early in disease)
- Loss/blurring of trabecular density in bone with resultant “ground glass” appearance in radiographs
- Brown tumor
- Stones – renal calculi (especially with primary disease) due to elevated serum calcium basically kidney stones
- Groans – duodenal ulcers
- Moans – changes in mental status mild dementia
Which systemic disease has this oral manifestation?
Pseudohypoparathyroidism
pulp chambers are very
elongated
Which systemic disease has this oral manifestation?
Pseudohypoparathyroidism
issues with eruption, no
pulp stones present
Hyperparathyroidism
Can be Primary or Secondary
- Reduced amounts of PTH
- Parathormone normally stimulates osteoclasts in bone and resorption in kidney, to bring serum levels of calcium back to normal with decreased parathyroid function, serum calcium levels drop → hypocalcemia
- Lab findings ‐ PTH ↓, calcium ↓, phosphate↑, and normal renal function
- Postive Chvostek’s sign ( sign of low Calcium)
Females 2 to 4 times more than males
Hyperparathyroidism
Bones Manfestiation
- Subperiosteal resorption of distal phalanges (early in disease)
- Loss of lamina dura around roots (early in disease)
- Loss/blurring of trabecular density in bone with resultant
- “ground glass” appearance in radiographs
- Brown tumor
- Steitis fibrosa cystica
What systemic disease causes this oral symptoms?
Hereditary
Hypophosphatemia/vitamin D‐resistant rickets
teeth look fairly
normal, have a draining abscess with ulcers and perilous
What systemic disease causes this oral symptoms?
Hereditary
Hypophosphatemia/vitamin D‐resistant rickets
teeth look fairly
normal, have a draining abscess with ulcers and perilous
Hereditary
Hypophosphatemia
Histology
Enlarged pulp horns
o Can extend up to DEJ
Abnormal globular dentin
o Dentin may exhibit clefting
Enamel clefts
Bacteria noted in enamel, dentin and pulp
o Pulpal involvement leads to necrosis and development of the periapical pathology
What is the most severe bone manifestation in people with hyperparathyroidism
Steitis fibrosa cystica
Where we see central degeneration and fibrosis of longstanding brown tumors
What are the manifestation of Brown tumor in Hyperparathyroidism
- uni‐ or multilocular Radiolucency (pelvis, ribs, mandible)
- seen with persistent disease
- histology of giant cell lesion (like CGCG)
Hyperparathyroidism
Treatment
It is typically surgical removal of a portion or all of the
parathyroid glands
Hypoparathyroidism
Etiology
▪ Can be due to inadvertent surgical removal when thyroid gland is excised or to autoimmine destruction.
▪ DiGeorge syndrome (anomaly) and endocrine‐candidiasis syndrome can show this.
What is a Chvostek’s sign?
- The Chvostek sign is a clinical finding associated with hypocalcemia, or low levels of calcium in the blood.
- This clinical sign refers to a twitch of the facial muscles that occurs when gently tapping an individual’s when the facial nerve below the zygomatic process
Hypoparathyroidism
in young children
- If develops in young children tooth development can be affected
- pitting enamel hypoplasia and failure of eruption
- Persistent oral candidiasis in a young patient may be a sign of the onset of endocrine‐candidiasis syndrome (check for other endocrine abnormalities)
Hyperparathyroidism
Management
- Oral vitamin D precursor
- vitamin D2 (or ergocalciferol)
- Dietary supplements of calcium
- Teriparatide (a portion of PTH) injections twice daily
Pseudohypoparathyroidism
Also known as?
What is it?
How it appears clinically
What is its lab findings?
Also known as?
Albright hereditary osteodystrophy
What is it?
▪ Normal parathyroid and PTH, but activation of target cells is dysfunctional
How it appears clinically?
▪ Clinically, patient appears to have hypoparathyroidism
o Based on elevated serum levels of PTH seen with hypocalcemia,hyperphosphatemia and normal renal function
Lab findings
PTH ↑, calcium ↓, phosphate ↑
Pseudohypoparathyroidism
Types
What causes it
Type of inheritance & mutation
Types
Two broad disorders multiple subtypes
Type I and Type II
What causes it
Abnormal biochemical pathways that result in lack of target cell activation despite normal levels of PTH
Type of inheritance
Can be autosomal dominant inheritance –
defective PTH receptor on the target cells
Pseudohypoparathyroidism
Management
- Vitamin D and calcium supplements
- Serum and urinary calcium are monitored
Pseudohypoparathyroidism
Oral Findings
- *- Generalized enamel hypoplasia**
- Widened pulp chambers with pulpal calcifications (“dagger” shaped pulp stones)
- Oligodontia
- Delayed eruption
- Blunting of root apices
Hereditary
Hypophosphatemia
Also known as?
What type of inheritance?
What mutation causes it?
Also known as?
vitamin D‐resistant rickets looks like they have rickets.
What type of inheritance?
▪ Most cases are X‐linked inheritance (males)
What mutation causes it?
o Mutation in PHEX ‐ zinc metalloproteinase gene
▪ phosphate regulating gene with endopeptidase activity on
the X chromosome
▪ Mutation affects metabolism of vitamin D precursors to the active metabolite
o Therefore low or no absorption of calcium
▪ Decreased capacity for reabsorption of phosphate from the renal tubules
Hereditary
Hypophosphatemia/vitamin D‐resistant rickets
Clincal Findings
Lab findings
Clinical Findings
▪ Clinical features similar to those of rickets, but resistant to treatment with vitamin D
o Short stature (upper body fairly normal, lower body shortened)
o Lower limbs short and bowed
▪ Similar to Vitamin D‐dependent rickets except no hypocalcification of teeth
▪ Teeth have enlarged pulp chambers and elongated pulp horns (extend to DEJ)
▪ With minor attrition of occlusal cusps, pulp is exposed to the oral cavity
▪ Exposures are often very small and when note periapical radiolucencies, it appears that otherwise normal teeth have periapical pathology
Lab findings:
↓ serum phosphate
Hypophosphatasia
What is it?
Type of inheritance?
Clincal findings?
Lab Findings?
What is it?
Rare metabolic bone disease
Type of inheritance:
Autosomal recessive inheritance, generally the younger the age of
onset the more severe the expression
Clincal findings:
Bone abnormalities resemble rickets
Often presents with premature loss of primary teeth
o not from periodontal disease, thought that marked reduction, or lack, of cementum allows exfoliation
Lab findings:
↓ alkaline phosphatase, ↑ blood and urinary
phosphoethanolamine
Hypophosphatasia
Types
4
Perinatal
Infantile
Childhood
Adult
Hypophosphatasia
Perinatal
o Most severe manifestations
o Death in a few hours secondary to respiratory failure
o Marked hypocalcification of skeleton
Hypophosphatasia
Infantile
o Diagnosed ~4‐6 months due to failure to grow
o Skeletal malformations
shortened bowed limbs, rib and skull abnormalities
o Nephrocalcinosis, nephrolithiasis
Can have premature exfoliation of teeth
Hypophosphatasia
Childhood
o Diagnosed at later age, variable clinical expression
o Early sign is premature loss of primary teeth, may be the only teeth affected
o Large pulp chambers and alveolar bone loss
o Premature fusion of cranial fontanels can lead to increase
intracranial pressure and brain damage
Hypophosphatasia
Adult
o Mild presentation
o Premature loss of primary or permanent dentition; patient may be edentulous
o Stress fractures in feet
o Increased number of fractures assoc. with minor trauma
Acromegaly
vs
Gigantism
Acromegaly – excess production of growth hormone after closure of the epiphyseal plates
Gigantism – excess production of growth hormone before
closure of the epiphyseal plates
Acromegaly
Etiology
Clinical signs
Oral Findings
Etiology
▪ Usually due to a pituitary adenoma
Clinical signs
▪ Renewed growth of small bones of the hands and feet as well as membranous bones of the skull and jaws
▪ Soft tissues are also affected
Oral Findings
▪ Mandibular prognathism, macroglossia, and diastema formation
Which systemic disease has these clinical manifestations?
Acromegaly
Addison’s Disease
also known as
etiology
when do clinical symptoms appear?
also known as
Hypoadrenocorticism
etiology
Insufficient production of corticosteroid hormones due to destruction of adrenal cortex (autoimmune, infection, tumors, etc.)
when do clinical symptoms appear?
▪ Need ~90% destruction of gland before clinical symptoms
Which systemic disease manfiest like this?
Addison’s Disease
Which systemic disease manfiest like this?
Addison’s Disease
Addison’s Disease /Hypoadrenocorticism
Clincal symptoms
Lab findings
Clincal symptoms
- diffuse hyperpigmentation of skin (bronzing), fatigue,
- irritability, depression, weakness, etc.
- Oral mucosa shows diffuse or patchy macular pigmentations flattened pigmentations
Lab findings
failure of cortisol to rise in response to a rapid ACTH stimulation
Which systemic disease is associated with this symptom?
Pellagra
Deficience in Vitamine B3 (Niacin)
Pellagra
Deficience in Vitamine B3 (Niacin)
Dermititis of the skin
Which systemic disease manifests like this?
Pellagra
Deficience in Vitamine B3 (Niacin)
erythema of the tongue
Vitamin B3 (Niacin)
Deficiency known as
Classid Triad
Oral symptoms
Deficiency
pellagra
Classic triad
Dermatitis, Dementia, Diarrhea
Oral symptoms
stomatitis and glossitis
Plummer‐Vinson
Syndrome
Why it is a concern?
Why it is a concern?
Premalignant process
o ↑ incidence of oral and esophageal SCCa
Which systemic diseaswe associated with these oral manifestations?
PLUMMER‐VINSON
SYNDROME
denuded tongue
and angular chelitis
Which systemic diseaswe associated with these oral manifestations?
PLUMMER‐VINSON
SYNDROME
Angular chelitis (top) hard to get rid of them
Atrophic Glossitis (bottom) red beefy tongue
How blood looks with
Top photo: in Iron Deficiency Anemia, Plummer‐Vinson Syndrome, small area that is pale in the center
Bottom photo : normal smear, center is not pale
Vitamin C
Deficiency
Known as
scurvy
Iron Deficiency
Anemia
Charcterstics of the Anemia
Symptoms
Charctersics of Anemia
a hypochromic, microcytic anemia
decrease in color, smaller
than normal
Symptoms
fatigue, light headedness, lack of energy
.
Iron Deficiency
Anemia
Oral Symptoms
- Angular cheilitis (corner of the mouth ulceration)
- Dysphagia (difficulty swallowing)
- Atrophic glossitis (bald tongue, loss of papilla) beefy colored tongue
- Glossodynia (burning tongue)
Smear blood of Pernicious Anemia vs normal blood smear
not biconcave
Iron Deficiency
Anemia
Treatment
Treated with iron supplements, extreme cases with blood infusions
Which systemic disease manifests like this?
Pernicious Anemia
glossitis, denuded papillae
This is a before and after of which systemic disease?
Pernicious Anemia
denuded tongue and then the papillae is back again after the treatment. You have to get injections for the rest of your life
Plummer‐Vinson
Syndrome
What is it ( assiosited with what difficiency)?
Demographics?
What is it ( assiosited with what difficiency)?
- Iron deficiency anemia with glossitis and esophageal strictures
- Similar signs and symptoms as iron deficiency
Demographics
- Mostly women 30‐50 years old
- Northern European heritage more common
Which systemic disease has this oral manifestation?
Uremic Stomatitis
Plummer‐Vinson
Syndrome
Iron Deficiency
Anemia
Treatment
- Treated with iron supplements
- Need long term follow up for eval of SCCa
Before and after treatment of which systemic disease?
Uremic Stomatitis
Before and
After Tx with Dialysis
changes on ventral and lateral side
of the tongue, better outcome after dialysis
Which systemic disease has these oral manifestations?
Reiter’s Syndrome (Reactive arthritis)
This not actually a geogrpahic tongue!
Which systemic disease has these oral manifestations?
Reiter’s Syndrome (Reactive arthritis)
Top: erythema on the palate and
areas of ulceration
Bottom: classic look of geographic
tongue, but it is not geo tongue. They are symptoms of Reiter’s
Infective endocarditis
▪ Janeway lesions
o Seen on palms of hands and soles of feet (tiny micro emboli that are causing lesions on the hands and feet)
▪ Erythematous macule or petechiae
▪ Painless
▪ Septic micro emboli
Which systemic disease has these clinical manifestations
Infective Endocardiatios
Janeway lesions
These are Septic Emboli
Which systemic disease is this?
Hyperparathyroidism
Here we see we see
- a granular appearance of the max and mand bone everywhere, it is not localized.
- There is a loss of bone density and the loss of definition of cortical bone.
- Here we see a loss of definition of lamina dura as well because it is now granular, and is not as clear.
Which systemic disease shows radiographically like this ?
Hyperparathyroidism; this is the brown tumor which is sometimes well or ill defined, multi or unilocular radiolucency with granular septation.
If you have a patient that is younger than 15-20 years old that has a central giant cell granuloma ► you have to check that patient for hyperparathyroidism, because it could be a brown tumor.
Which systemic disease shows radiographically like this ?
This is another medical CT scan. You see the granular appearance of
the maxilla, skull, and well-defined multilocular radiolucency with
granulation. We call this a brown tumor because it is associated with
hyperparathyroidism.
( systemic endocrine diseases)
Which systemic disease shows radiographically like this ?
Hyperparathyroidism
On our intraoral radiographs, we see loss of definition of lamina dura because the bone now has a granular appearance which extends to the lamina dura.
The teeth are usually normal, but there is a loss of lamina
dura around the teeth. These teeth are not mobile.
Which systemic disease shows radiographically like this?
a medical CT scan of a patient with secondary hyperparathyroidism.
We see a lack of cortical bone – no normal cortical bone. Inside the skull
we have a granular appearance, with radiolucent and radiopaque dots, we call this a salt and pepper dots.
This is why we call this a salt and pepper appearance, there is no normal cortical bone.
( systemic endocrine diseases)
Pernicious Anemia
Type of Anemia?
What difficiency?
Causes?
Type of Anemia?
Megaloblastic Anemia
What difficiency?
Vitamin B12 difficiency
Causes?
- Poor absorption of vitamin B12 (extrinsic factor, cobalamin)
- These patients lack intrinsic factor, usually due to autoimmune destruction of parietal cells
- Intrinsic factor produced by parietal cells in the stomach is needed for absorption of B12
Pernicious Anemia
Symptoms
- Have burning sensation of tongue, lips and buccal mucosa
- One of the things you need to rule out in patients with burning mouth syndrome
- 50‐60% of patients have tongue symptoms, see atrophy (papilla denuded) and erythema
Which systemic disease shows radiographically like this?
we have 2 Pas of patients
with pseudohypoparathyroidism.
- hypoplasia of enamel, tooth material
- hypoplastic tooth bud ( hypoplastic means arrested development)
- delayed eruption,
- external root resorption.
Pernicious Anemia
Treatment
- monthly IM injections of cyanocobalamin
- cannot take B12 orally, you need injections
Pernicious Anemia
CLASSIC TRIAD
1 – Generalized weakness
2 – Painful tongue
3 – Numbness or tingling of the
extremities
UREMIC STOMATITIS
What is it?
What causes the oral lesions?
What is it?
- Uncommon complication of renal failure
- Patients have markedly elevated levels of urea in their blood stream
What causes the oral lesions?
- Cause of oral lesions is unclear, may be urease produced by normal flora degrades urea in saliva liberating free ammonia which damages mucosa
UREMIC STOMATITIS
Clinical Presentation
Most cases in patients with acute renal failure
▪ Abrupt onset of white plaques or crusts
o Bad taste and burning also possible
o May be painful
▪ Usually on the buccal mucosa, tongue and floor of mouth
o If localized to the tongue can mimic oral hairy leukoplakia
▪ May detect an odor of ammonia or urine on the patients breath
Uremic Stomatitis
Treatment
▪ Usually clears within a few days after renal dialysis has begun
▪ Mildly acidic mouth rinses seem to clear oral lesions (ex. diluted hydrogen peroxide)
▪ Palliative treatment for pain includes ice chips or a topical anesthetic
Reiter’s Syndrome
also known as?
Corrlate with which antigen?
Associated with what?
also known as?
Reactive arthritis
Corrlate with which antigen?
Correlation with HLA B27 (> 70%)
Associated with what?
Typically seen after patient has either a bacterial dysentery or an STD sometimes chlamydia
Reiter’s Syndrome (Reactive Arthritis)
Etiology
Demographic
Clinical Presentation
Etiology
- Thought to be due to an abnormal immune response to the infection
Demographic
- Almost exclusively seen in males in their twenties
Clinical Presentation
- Oral lesions (~ 20% of cases) include painless oral ulcerations, erosions/erythema of mucosa, as well as erosions of the tongue which can mimic geographic tongue (both clinically and histologically)
Reiter’s Syndrome
Classic Triad
Reiter’s Syndrome
Classic Triad
▪ 1 – Polyarthritis (lasting more than one month)
▪ 2 – Conjunctivitis or uveitis
▪ 3 – Urethritis
Hyperparathyroidism
Radiographic features
▪ Stones, bones, moans, and groans
▪ Radiolucent appearance (generalized osteopenia) What we see in the bones is one of the earliest radiographic features that we see = sudden erosions in the phalanges in the bones of the hands followed by mineralization of the skeleton including max and mand, skull base. As a
result, you have generalized osteopenia. 10% of these patients have brown tumors
▪ Brown tumors: Brown tumors are the same as central giant cell granulomas. When they are associated with hyperparathyroidism, we call them brown tumors.
▪ Punctate or nodular calcifications in the joints and kidneys =stones
▪ Entire calvaria has a granular appearance classically known as the “salt and pepper” skull as a result of the generalized osteopenia, we have this granular appearance in the skull
Hypoparathyroidism
Radiographic features
What is Hypoparathyroidism:
Insufficient secretion of PTH
o Damage or removal of the parathyroid glands during thyroid surgery
Principal radiographic change: calcification of the basal ganglia
Sometimes we have pseudohypoparathyroidism. This happens when we have a normal amount of PTH, but there is something wrong with the response of the target tissue. So, we have normal PTH but abnormal response to PTH.
dental enamel hypoplasia, external root
resorption, delayed eruption, or root dilaceration
Hyperpituitarism
What is it?
What is its types
What is it?
- Hyperfunction of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland caused by a benign functioning tumor of the anterior lobe
- it’s a systemic endocrine disease
What is its types ?
▪ Types based on age of onset
- Gigantism happens in children, generalized overgrowth of most long bones, hard and soft tissue. These patients are usually very tall. Proportion in these patients may be normal, but very large appearance.
- Acromegaly Increased hyperfunction in adult patients. In these patients, the epiphysis of the long bones already closed, you can see in the mand or max. One of the observable features is enlargement of the whole mandible/skull/sinuses/soft tissue. Patients usually present with “My hat is not fitting anymore, my denture is not fitting anymore”
Hyperparathyroidism
What is it?
What are its types?
What is it?
- Excess of circulating parathyroid hormone important in formation of osseous structures
- Increase bone remodeling but tips the balance of osteoblastic and osteoclastic activity in favor or osteoclastic resorption
- it’s a systemic endocrine disease
What are its types?
o Primary hyperparathyroidism Type 1
▪ Uncontrolled parathyroid hormone production by
parathyroid neoplasm (adenoma >> hyperplasia >
adenocarcinoma)
o Secondary hyperparathyroidism Type 2
▪ Continuous parathyroid hormone production in
response to chronic low serum calcium levels
▪ Renal osteodystrophy
Which systemic disease is this?
Hyperparathyroidism
Here we see we see
- a granular appearance of the max and mand bone everywhere, it is not localized.
- There is a loss of bone density and the loss of definition of cortical bone.
- Here we see a loss of definition of lamina dura as well because it is now granular, and is not as clear.
Which systemic disease shows radiographically like this ?
Hyperparathyroidism; this is the brown tumor which is sometimes well or ill defined, multi or unilocular radiolucency with granular septation.
If you have a patient that is younger than 15-20 years old that has a central giant cell granuloma ► you have to check that patient for hyperparathyroidism, because it could be a brown tumor.
Which systemic disease shows radiographically like this ?
This is another medical CT scan. You see the granular appearance of
the maxilla, skull, and well-defined multilocular radiolucency with
granulation. We call this a brown tumor because it is associated with
hyperparathyroidism.
( systemic endocrine diseases)
Which systemic disease shows radiographically like this ?
Hyperparathyroidism
On our intraoral radiographs, we see loss of definition of lamina dura because the bone now has a granular appearance which extends to the lamina dura.
The teeth are usually normal, but there is a loss of lamina
dura around the teeth. These teeth are not mobile.
Which systemic disease shows radiographically like this?
a medical CT scan of a patient with secondary hyperparathyroidism.
We see a lack of cortical bone – no normal cortical bone. Inside the skull
we have a granular appearance, with radiolucent and radiopaque dots, we call this a salt and pepper dots.
This is why we call this a salt and pepper appearance, there is no normal cortical bone.
( systemic endocrine diseases)
Which systemic disease shows radiographically like this?
we have 2 Pas of patients
with pseudohypoparathyroidism.
- hypoplasia of enamel, tooth material
- hypoplastic tooth bud ( hypoplastic means arrested development)
- delayed eruption,
- external root resorption.
Which systemic disease shows radiographically like this?
Acromegaly (Hyperpituitarism)
- enlargement of the mandibular bone with a high degree of enlargement
- a class III appearance
- enlargement of sella tursica because of the pituitary gland enlargement
Ranula
Definition
Associated with
Clinical features
Treatment
• Definition: mucocele-like lesion that forms unilaterally on the floor of the mouth
• may break through the mylohyoid muscle & enter neck space = “plunging ranula”
• associated with: the ducts of the sublingual & submandibular glands
• clinical features:
- must be on floor of the mouth for it to be considered a ranula
- big & have deep blue color if exophytic
- sometimes can grow downward/deep & won’t see blue as much
• treatment: surgical excision
Hyperparathyroidism
Radiographic features
▪ Stones, bones, moans, and groans
▪ Radiolucent appearance (generalized osteopenia) What we see in the bones is one of the earliest radiographic features that we see = sudden erosions in the phalanges in the bones of the hands followed by mineralization of the skeleton including max and mand, skull base. As a
result, you have generalized osteopenia. 10% of these patients have brown tumors
▪ Brown tumors: Brown tumors are the same as central giant cell granulomas. When they are associated with hyperparathyroidism, we call them brown tumors.
▪ Punctate or nodular calcifications in the joints and kidneys =stones
▪ Entire calvaria has a granular appearance classically known as the “salt and pepper” skull as a result of the generalized osteopenia, we have this granular appearance in the skull
Which systemic disease shows radiographically like this?
Osteoporosis
- reduction in bone density,
- larger bone marrow spaces.
We need more tests to confirm osteoporosis besides dental radiographs.
Hypoparathyroidism
Radiographic features
What is Hypoparathyroidism:
Insufficient secretion of PTH
o Damage or removal of the parathyroid glands during thyroid surgery
Principal radiographic change: calcification of the basal ganglia
Sometimes we have pseudohypoparathyroidism. This happens when we have a normal amount of PTH, but there is something wrong with the response of the target tissue. So, we have normal PTH but abnormal response to PTH.
dental enamel hypoplasia, external root
resorption, delayed eruption, or root dilaceration
Which systemic disease shows radiographically like this?
medical CT scan with a patient with osteopetrosis- very dense. Not a
nice definition of the cortical bone. We see decreased in size of skull
foramina.
Which systemic disease shows radiographically like this?
pt with Osteopetrosis
we see
Hypovascular bones so they are more prone to osteomyelitis. This is a sign of sequestrum which is a sign of osteomyelitis.
pt with Osteopetrosis
- Generalized increase in bone density, increased trabeculation, loss of large bone marrow spaces.
- These patients are more prone to osteomyelitis because they are Hypovascular.
- We have to be careful in extractions because they don’t have the same vascularity as other healthy patients have.
- We see an onion skin appearance by the white arrow.
Hyperpituitarism
What is it?
What is its types
What is it?
- Hyperfunction of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland caused by a benign functioning tumor of the anterior lobe
- it’s a systemic endocrine disease
What is its types ?
▪ Types based on age of onset
- Gigantism happens in children, generalized overgrowth of most long bones, hard and soft tissue. These patients are usually very tall. Proportion in these patients may be normal, but very large appearance.
- Acromegaly Increased hyperfunction in adult patients. In these patients, the epiphysis of the long bones already closed, you can see in the mand or max. One of the observable features is enlargement of the whole mandible/skull/sinuses/soft tissue. Patients usually present with “My hat is not fitting anymore, my denture is not fitting anymore”
Hyperpituitarism
Radiographic
Features
▪ General features
- Enlargement (ballooning) of the sella turcica
- Enlargement of the paranasal sinuses (especially the frontal sinus)
- Thickening of the outer table of the skull
▪ Jaws
- Enlargement of the jaws, most notably the mandible
- Class III skeletal as a result of the mandible enlargement with growth centering in the condylar head
▪ Teeth and associated structures
- Spacing of the teeth, enlargement of tongue, it could result in spacing of teeth in the anterior region
o Hypercementosis the forces are higher now
- so you may see Hypercementosis
- Hypercementosis is excessive deposition of non-neoplastic cementum over normal root cementum, which alters root morphology. This cementum may be either hypocellular or cellular in natur*
Which systemic disease has this radiographic manifestation?
Ricket / Osteomalacia
hyperplasia or thinning of mineralization of teeth. We
can see hyperplasia of enamel in patients.
Hypopituitarism
What is it?
What is it called?
How it appears radiographically?
What is it?
Reduced secretion of pituitary hormones
it’s a systemic endocrine disease
What is it called?
Dwarfism
How it appears radiographically?
▪ Finding of the jaws
o Normal eruption of primary dentition but delayed exfoliation
o Small jaws -> crowding and malocclusion because there is not enough space for the teeth to erupt
Which systemic disease manifest radiographically like this?
Renal
Osteodystrophy 1
Presentation is variable. Sometimes you see denser or granular
appearance of bone. You see increase here
but you sometimes will also see loss of definition of lamina dura, sometimes a sclerotic appearance
and trabeculation.
Which systemic disease manifest radiographically like this?
Renal
Osteodystrophy 2
sometimes you see:
- increase in bone density
- loss of definition of lamina
- dura and cortical bone
Osteoporosis
What is it?
Why it happens?
What the bone are like?
What is it?
▪ Generalized decrease in bone mass in which the histologic appearance of bone is normal, it is a metabolic bone diseases (MBD)
Why it happens?
- Aging process (postmenopausal women) bone mass usually increases until 30 years of age, and then there is a gradual decrease- about 8% loss in females and 3% loss in males
- Nutritional deficiencies
- Hormonal imbalance
- Inactivity
- Corticosteroid or heparin therapy
What the bone are like?
▪ More prone to fracture (distal radius, proximal femur, ribs, and vertebrae)
Which systemic disease manifests radiographically like this?
Hypophosphatasia
Which systemic disease manifests radiographically like this?
large root canal structures, large root chambers, premature loss of
teeth = hypophosphatasia.
Osteopetrosis
What is it?
How is the bone is like?
What are the effects on other structures?
What are the consquences?
What is it?
Defect in the differentiation and function of osteoclasts, (osteoclasts that are used to resorb bone in the bone modeling process. They are not functioning properly ►so we have an increase in bone density.) It is a metabolic bone diseases (MBD)
How is the bone like?
Bone is dense, fragile, and susceptible to fracture _and infection ►we now have a_n osseous structure but small bone marrow spaces
What are the effects on other structures?
It compromised vascular structures and cranial nerves
Osteopetrosis
What are the consquences?
- Compression of the cranial nerves as they pass through the narrowed skull foramina -> blindness, deafness, vestibular nerve dysfunction, and facial nerve paralysis.
- Compromises hematopoiesis Poor vascularity -> osteomyelitis
Which systemic disease manifests radiographically like this?
Hypophosphatemia
- Periapical lesions with radiolucency but no caries on the crown.
- There is loss of definition of cortical bone.
- On the teeth, you have:
- large pulp chambers
- hypoplasia of enamel and dentin
- periodontal and periapical lesions.
Which systemic disease manifests radiographically like this?
Progressive Systemic
Sclerosis
(scleroderma)
sharp areas of resorption in the bones near muscles attached to the
angle of the mandible= masseter and medial pterygoid. You see
resorption at the coronoid process at the attachment of the temporal
bone as well.
Which Systemic disease manifests radiographically like this?
Progressive Systemic
Sclerosis
(scleroderma)
- presence of widening of the PDL space everywhere around the root of the tooth.
Rickets and
Osteomalacia
What are they
Differences
Effects on Bones
What happens?
They are metabolic bone diseases (MBD)
Inadequate serum and extracellular levels of calcium and phosphate, failure of normal activity of vitamin D.
There are different levels in the conversion from I,12- dihydroxy vitamin D that can have errors, not just
the consumption of vitamin D.
Differences
Rickets: disease affects the growing skeleton in infants and
children
Osteomalacia: disease affects the mature skeleton in adults
Effects on bones:
A softening and weakening of bones
Which systemic disease mainfest radiographically like this?
On a sickle cell anemia patient, you see:
- loss of this cortical bone area
- the hair-on-end appearance on the skull
Which systemic disease mainfest radiographically like this?
Sickel Cell Anemia
enlargement of bone marrow spaces, less trabeculation, more
osteoporotic bone. You see periapical pathology associated with teeth
with no obvious reason. You see the radioluscencies around the apex of
the mandibular teeth.
In Rickets and
Osteomalacia, there is Failure of normal activity of vitamin D, what causes it?
o Lack of vitamin D in the diet
o Gastrointestinal malabsorption problems
o Lack of exposure to UV light
o Liver disease
o Kidney disease
o Defect in the intestinal target cell response
Clinical presentation
Ricket
vs
Osteomalacia
Rickets
o Growth retardation
o Short stature
o Bowing of long bones of the legs, waddling gait
o Radiograph manifestations in the teeth (especially <3 years of age) and jaws
Osteomalacia
o Weak fragile bone structure
o Diffuse skeletal pain
o Susceptible to fracture with minor injury
o Radiographic manifestations in the jaws are uncommon
o you may see hyperplasia or thinning of mineralization of teeth. You can see hyperplasia of enamel in patients.
Which systemic disease mainfest radiographically like this?
Thalassemia
- osteopenic bone (loss bone mass and bones get weaker)
- radiolucent appearance of bone
- thinning of cortical bone around the mandible and maxilla.
- Usually there is hypoplasia of the paranasal sinuses.
Renal
Osteodystrophy
What is it?
what can it lead to?
What is it?
Chronic renal failure produces bone changes by interfering with the hydroxylation of vitamin D in the kidneys -> hypocalcemia -> inhibit the normal calcification of bone and teeth (it is a metabolic bone disease)
what can it lead to?
(secondary hyperparathyroidism)
level of calcium is low leads to having hyperparathyroidism secondary to osteodystrophy
Which systemic disease manifests radiographically like this?
Dwarfism
- hypopituitarism*
- We see* multiple dental anomalies: hypodontia, radicular fusion, fused roots of left lateral incisor and left canine and impacted permanent teeth.
- (from google)*
Hypophosphatasia
What is it?
What are the types?
What is it?
- Rare metabolic bone disease due to lack of tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase
What are its types?
Four types: prenatal, infantile, childhood, adult
- The younger the age of onset, the more severe the
- manifestations
- It may have premature loss of these patients because loss of function of the lungs in these patients
Hypophosphatasia
Common factors?
Dental manfestations?
Common factors?
- Low levels of tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase
- High blood and urinary phosphoethanolamine
- Rickets-like skeletal malformations
Dental manfestations?
- Premature shedding of primary incisors
- Enamel hypoplasia
- Enlarged pulp chambers and root canals
Hypophosphatemia
What is it?
_Clinical Manifestations?
Dental Manifestations?_
What is it?
- A rare, heterogeneous group of inherited metabolic disorders characterized by decreased phosphate reabsorption in the distal renal tubules
Hypophosphatemia
Clinical Manifestations?
Dental Manifestations?
Clinical Manifestations
- Rickets-like skeletal malformations
Dental Manifestations
- Enlarged pulp chambers and root canals
- Periapical and periodontal abscesses of no obvious cause
- Enamel hypoplasia
Progressive Systemic
Sclerosis
(scleroderma)
What is it?
Demographics?
What is it?
- Excessive collagen deposition resulting in hardening (sclerosis) of the skin and other tissues can have involvement of GI tract, heart, kidney,etc
Demographics?
- Middle aged female
Progressive Systemic
Sclerosis
(scleroderma)
Clinical symptoms
Oral Manifestations
Clinical Presentation
- Thickened, leathery quality skin
- joint pain
- exaggerated response to cold (Raynaud’s disease)
- heartburn.
- more prone for heart problems and respiratory
insufficiencies,
Oral Manifestations
- microstomia (small mouth)
- Xerostomia (dry mouth)
- telangietasia (“spider veins”)
- Increased decayed, missing and filled teeth.
- higher Gingivitis scores (usually)
- Deeper Periodontal Pockets
Progressive Systemic
Sclerosis
(scleroderma)
Treatment
Treatment for generalized symptoms may involve:
- corticosteroids
- immunosuppressants, such as methotrexate or Cytoxan
- nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
Depending on your symptoms, treatment can also include:
- blood pressure medication
- medication to aid breathing
- physical therapy
- light therapy, such as ultraviolet A1 phototherapy
- nitroglycerin ointment to treat localized areas of tightening of the skin
(from google)
Sickle Cell Anemia
What is it?
What causes it?
What is it?
Chronic hemolytic blood disorder
What causes it?
▪ Abnormal hemoglobin, resulting in anemia -> by increasing the production of red blood cells -> requires compensatory hyperplasia of the bone marrow
Sickel Cell Aniema
Radiographics findings
- loss of this cortical bone area
- See the hair-on-end appearance on the skull
- enlargement of bone marrow spaces
- less trabeculation, more osteoporotic bone
- periapical pathology associated with teeth
with no obvious reason
Thalassemia
What is it?
What causes it?
What is it?
- Defect in hemoglobin synthesis
What causes it?
- RBC with reduced hemoglobin content and short life span
Thalassemia
Clinical and Radiographic findings
- Hyperplasia of the bone marrow component of the bone which results in fewer trabeculae per unit area and can change the overall shape of the bone
- Protrusive premaxilla
- Radiographic appearance very similar to Sickle Cell Anemia
Suspect systemic endocrine and metabolic disease if radiographs show what?
generalized decrease in bone density of jaws (thin cortices; granular cancellous bone; loss of lamina dura).
- Refer to physician for lab tests to make the diagnosis
We can include certain systemic endocrine and metabolic diseases as radiographic differentials in the presence of:
o Localized focus of radiolucency- think what?
o Mandibular prognathism and incisor flaring- think what?
o Premature shedding of primary incisors-think what?
o Enamel hypoplasia, enlarged pulp chambers and periapical abscesses of no obvious cause- think what?
o Localized focus of radiolucency► think brown tumor and
hyperparathyroidism
o Mandibular prognathism and incisor flaring► think acromegaly
o Premature shedding of primary incisors► think
hypophosphatasia
o Enamel hypoplasia, enlarged pulp chambers and periapical
abscesses of no obvious cause► think hypophosphatemia
Palatine Torus/Torus Palatinus
- Tori are incredibly common, a normal of variant
- Part of physical exam is to visualize as well as running index finger over the hard palate every time
- Sometimes, torus palatinus is quite small and unnoticeable until you touch it (feel a hard bump and it’s just a bony growth)
- Sometimes, they are pedunculated; Sometimes, they get so large they become traumatized; vascular supply on surface can sometimes form ulcerations and even get a little bone exposure.
- If patient with history of use of bisphosphonates (bone modifying agents given to women who have osteoporosis or osteopenia and to prevent metastesis for certain cancers), he will remove that dead bone, and it will slowly heal. That’s one of the perils of having an enlarged palatine torus
What is this clinical finding?
Palatine Torus/Torus Palatinus