Chapter 10 lecture 3 Flashcards
What is a chronic progressive scarring high-risk precancerous condition of the oral mucosa known as?
-Oral submucous fibrosis
What is oral submucous fibrosis linked to?
-Chronic placement of betel quid or paan
What ethnicity of people will you mostly find oral submucous fibrosis?
-India
What are the ingredients of quid?
- Areca nut
- Slaked lime
- Betel leaf
- Tobacco
- Sweeteners
What is the first chief complaint of a person with oral submucous fibrosis?
- Trismus
- Mucosal pain from eating spicy foods
What are the most commonly affected sights with oral submucous fibrosis?
- Buccal mucosa
- Retromolar areas
- Soft palate
If you stop using the betel quid or paan will the lesion regress?
-No
What is the risk of getting oral cancer when someone has oral submucous fibrosis?
-10%
What is nicotine stomatitis?
-White keratotic change on the palate
Is nicotine stomatitis premalignant?
-No
If you do reverse smoking what does that increase your chance for oral cancer?
-Yes significantly
T/F Nicotine stomatitis is completely reversible
True
-Returns to normal within 2 weeks of cessation
If they reverse smoke is it called nicotine stomatitis?
-No it is called reverse smokers palate (demands a biopsy)
What is a common cutaneous premalignant lesions caused by cumulative UV radiation known as?
-Actinic Keratosis
What does actinic keratosis appear as?
-Scaly, irregular plaques
What percent of actinic keratosis turn in to SCCA in 2 years?
-10%
What are the most common places to see actinic keratosis?
-Scalp
What is a common premalignant alteration of the lower lip vermilion resulting from long-term exposure to UV light?
-Actinic Cheilosis
If you have loss of definition of the vermillion border with crusting or white changes what should you be thinking?
-Actinic Cheilosis
What is the cause of oral Squamous cell carcinoma?
-Multifactorial
Do pipe and cigar smoking or cigarette smoking carry a greater oral cancer risk?
-Pipe and cigar smoking
If a person has SCC caused by iron deficiency what are the syndromes known as?
-Plummer-Vison
What can iron deficiency SCC produce?
-Esophageal webs
What is the most common site of the intraoral SCCA?
-Tongue