Chapter 9 Flashcards

Transient Lingual Papilliits - Localized
1+ enlarged papilla - red/yellow
Painful
Anterior doral tongue

Transient Lingual Papillitis - Generalized
Large percent of fungiform papilla involved
Tip and lateral dorsal tongue
Painful and sensitive

Recurrent Apthous Ulcerations - Minor
Most common form
Occurs in childhood
3-10 mm lesions
1-5 lesions
7-14 days healing time
No Scarring
Fewest recurrences

Recurrent Aphthous Ulcerations - Major
“Sutton’s Disease”
Occurs in adolescents
1-3 cm lesions
1-10 lesions
Healing time 2-6 weeks
Scarring is possilbe
More recurrences than minor, less than herpetiform

Recurrent Aphthous Ulcerations - Herpetic Form
Occurs in adults
1-3 mm lesions
Up to 100 lesions
Healing time 2-4 weeks
Scarring
Most recurrences
Treatment of Recurrent Aphthous Ulcerations
Minor cases = no treatment
Major cases, multiple recurrences = clobetasol proprionate (.05% steroid for pain)
Transient Lingual Papillitis
Diffuse papulokeratotic variant
Large number of affected papilla –> transient papillitis
All papilla affected - all over the otngue
Apearance: elevated, white or yellow
Asymptomatic
Treatment for Transient Lingual Papillitis
Resolve w/o therapy
Topical steroids reduce pain
Magic mouthwash - malox, benadryl, lidocaine viscous
Recurrent Aphthous Ulcerations
AKA Recurrent aphthous stomatitiis
Very Common - 30%
Occur exclusively on MOVABLE MUCOSA
Clinical variations: minor, major, herpetiform
Younger patients
Behcet’s syndrome
Chronic, recurrent immune disease
Includes:
Oral aphthous-like ulcerations
Ocular inflammation
Genital ulcers
Skin lesions
Arthralgia
Sarcoidosis
Multisystem granulomatous disorder
Afican Americans >>>> Caucasions
90% Abnormal x-ray
25% skin lesions on head and neck and lower legs
Syndromes:
Lofgren’s syndrome
Heerfordt’s syndrome
Syndromes of Sarcoidosis
Lofgren’s Syndrome
Erythema nodosum
Bilateral hilar lymphadeopathy
Arthralgia
Heerfordt’s Syndrome
Parotid Enlargment
Inflammation of the eye
Facial paralysis
Fever

Organs involved in Sarcoidosis
Lungs
Lymph nodes
Skin
Eyes
Salivary glands
Lupus pernio
Chronic, purple, indurated lesion on head and neck

Erythema nodosum
Scattered, nonspecific, tender, red nodules on lower legs
Sarcoidosis - Histology
Non caseating granulomatous inflammation
Schaumann bodies (degenerated lysosomes)
Asteroid Bodies (entrapped collagen fragments)
Hamazaki-Weseberg bodies (large lysosomes)
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis
Elevated serum angiotensin-converting enzyme levels
Chest x-ray
Kveim test - no longer used
Orofacial Granulomatosis
Variable presentation
Lips are most commonly involved
If only lips are invovled = cheilitis granulomatosa
Syndrome - Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome
Histology - granulomatous inflammation
Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome
Cheilitis granulomatosa
Facial paralysis
Fissured tongue

clobetasol proprionate
Used for treatment of major or recurring apthough ulcers
Skin lesion of Sarcoidosis
Lupus Pernio
Erythema Nodosum
