chpt 12- soft tissue tumors

Question 1

Irritation
Traumatic
Fibrous Hyperplasia
Fibro-epithelial polyp

Answer 1

Fibroma

Question 2

Can occur anywhere
most common buccal mucosa labial mucosa, tongue and gingiva
smoothed-surface, pink nodule
May be keratinized (trauma)
usually sessile

Answer 2

FIbroma

Question 3

treatment for fibroma

Answer 3

excision; rare recurrence

Question 4

sessile and pedunculated

Answer 4

forms of tumefaction for fibromas

Question 5

Younger age than traditional fibroma

50% of cases on gingiva

Answer 5

giant cell fibroma

Question 6

Histology shows large stellate and multinucleated fibroblasts

Answer 6

giant cell fibroma

Question 7

Unilateral or bilateral papular lesions on the gingiva lingual to the canines
Seen mainly in children
Normal anatomic variation that disappears with age

Answer 7

retrocuspid papilla

Question 8

-Tumor-like hyperplasia of fibrous connective tissue that develops in association with the flange of an ill-fitting complete or partial denture

Answer 8

epulis fissuratum

Question 9

Clinical features of this soft tissue lesion include:
-single or multiple folds of hyperplastic tissue
in the alveolar fold .
-usually firm and fibrous.
-usually develops on facial aspect of ridge.
-usually anterior

Answer 9

Epulis fissuratum

Question 10

treatment for epulis fissuratum

Answer 10

• surgical removal

- can RECUR if problem is not corrected

Question 11

• Inflammatory hyperplasia
• Denture injury tumor
• Denture epulis

Answer 11

epulis fissuratum

Question 12

Trauma to tissue can cause 2 things

Answer 12

• tissue breakdown causing an ulcer

- Tissue hyperplasia to protect

Question 13

reactive tissue growth that usually develops beneath a denture

Answer 13

inflammatory papillary hyperplasia

Question 14

• usually on hard palate beneath denture base
• edentulous mandibular alveolar ridge
• can occur on palate due to mouth breathing
• Appears as small pebbles or cobblestones

Answer 14

inflammatory papillary hyperplasia

Question 15

numerous papillary growths covered by hyperplastic stratified squamous epithelium

Answer 15

inflammatory papillary hyperplasia

Question 16

treatment for inflammatory hyperplasia

Answer 16

remove denture allow time to heal, surgical removal of hyperplasia, remake or reline denture

Question 17

Diverse group of tumors that look like a fibroma but have fibrous and histiocytic differentiation. Most commonly occur on the skin as a dermatofibroma

Answer 17

fibrous histiocytomas

Question 18

Fibrous proliferations with a histologic pattern between benign fibrous lesions and fibrosarcoma

Answer 18

fibromatosis

Question 19

locally aggressive with high recurrence rate

Answer 19

fibromatosis

Question 20

head and neck of children and young adults (Juvenile Aggressive Fibromatosis)

Answer 20

fibromatosis