Chapter 76 Biology and Pathology of the Oral Cavity Flashcards
oral ulcer appears as a yellow–white papule or plaque of ____ (often referred to as a “pseudomembrane”), usually with a surrounding red rim
fibrin
Recurrent aphthous ulcer (RAU) is a ____-mediated disorder and _____ plays an important role in its occurrence
T-cell-
tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α
____, ____, _____ predisposes to their occurrence in susceptible individuals
Stress, systemic illness, and local trauma
Aphtheiform ulcers are aphthous-like in their appearance and history but they may occur sometimes on the ______ if they are a result of ____ or _____
dorsum of the tongue
hematinic deficiency or IBD
RAU are seen in all patients with _____ disease and may precede other findings by years.
a vasculitic disorder, has a predilection for ____ and ____ populations and is associated with an increase in ____
Behçet disease
Turkish and Japanese
HLA-B51
Approximately 3% of patients with RAU have ______ and some show sensitivity to foods and _______
gluten-sensitive enteropathy
sodium lauryl sulfate
Idiopathic RAU occurs in 15–20% of the population beginning in the _____ of life and the disease generally becomes less severe over the age of ___
second decade
50
Minor ulcers ______; the most common form.
Major ulcers _______
Herpetiform ulcers_______
Severe aphthous ulcers where patients have minor ulcers but with _______
<1 cm, 1–10 at each episode lasting 1–2 weeks
> 1 cm lasting several weeks and healing with scarring
<1 cm, usually 0.1–0.5 cm each, >10 clustered ulcers at each episode, lasting 1–2 weeks
continuous ulcerations with minimum or no ulcer-free days for months
Idiopathic RAU are almost always con ned to the ______ mucosa
nonkeratinized
Differential Dx of RAU
Traumatic lesions
chemotherapy- and neutropenia-associated
Herpetic ulcers
Biopsy of RAU
nonspecific and shows only a fibrin membrane with acute and chronic inflammation and granulation tissue, but may exclude an infectious etiology
treatment for minor RAU is ____ or ____ if the ulcers are large and persistent, especially those of aphthous major or in patients with HIV disease
topical steroids or intralesional steroid injection
Systemic therapy with ____ for a few weeks and maintenance with _______ may reduce the number, duration and size of ulcers, and reduce the number of episodes
prednisone
pentoxifylline
most common bowel diseases associated with oral ulcers are ____, _____, _____ leading to hematinic deficiency, and celiac disease
Crohn disease, ulcerative colitis, malabsorption syndromes
Ulcers of Crohn disease typically present as ___ lesions along the ___________
reliable finding is a dusky-red firm area of the _____ skin that has a slight pitted, “orange peel” appearance
linear
maxillary and mandibular vestibule/sulcus
perivermilion
patients often also present with papulous folds of tissues, swelling of the lips (indistinguishable from cheilitis granulomatosa), and cobblestoning of the mucosa
______ (oral analog of pyoderma gangrenosum) associated with inflammatory bowel disease presents as ______ ulcers of the oral mucosa
Pyostomatitis vegetans
“snail-track”
Elevated _____ and the presence of ____ support the diagnosis of celiac disease
tissue transglutaminase
endomysial antibodies
biopsy of oral lesions of Crohn disease shows ______ or while pyostomatitis vegetans shows ______
granulomatous inflammation
acantholysis
Chemotherapy Agents often associated with chemo associated ulcerative mucositis include ____ and _____, especially when combined with ______
cytarabine and cisplatin
radiation
ulcers (chemo associated ulcerative mucositis) are generally located on the _____ sites and in particular the _____ and _____
nonkeratinized
buccal mucosa and ventral tongue
They begin within 3–5 days of the start of chemotherapy and generally resolve when absolute neutrophil counts recover, usually a course of 7–10 days.
Lesions are extremely painful and may measure several centimeters in size
Patients (chemo associated ulcerative mucositis) are often treated with ________ to reduce the period of neutropenia and this has reduced the frequency of such ulcers
granulocyte-colony-stimulating factor
Topical analgesia such as viscous _____ and systemic analgesia (especially _____) is the mainstay of pain control
lidocaine
narcotics
_______ seen usually in patients who have diabetes mellitus (usually ketoacidotic) or are immunocompromised, and are often life threatening
Mucor and Rhizopus infections
Organisms are inhaled and spread into the adjacent sinuses, eroding through the bone, sometimes presenting on the palate as a necrotic ulcer, a condition also referred to as _______
rhinocerebral zygomycosis