Developmental Lesions Flashcards

1
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Fordyce Granules

what

A
  • Sebaceous glands on oral mucosa
  • Yellow plaques/granules
  • Most common on buccal mucosa and upper lip vermillion
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Leukoedema

What

often in

key

A
  • Intracellular edema of cells
  • Often in african americans
  • Bilateral on mucosa
  • Key- area dissapears with pulling of mucosa
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3
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Varices

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  • On lip and under tongue
  • Seen in elderly
  • Dilated blue veins
  • Lip varices may thrombose and calcify
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4
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Geographic Tongue

(Erythema Migrans)

Apperance and what causes it

A
  • Red and white
    • Red- atrophy of filliform paillae
    • White- keratin cell debris
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5
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Physiologic Pigmentation

Racial Pigmentation

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  • Common in darker skin
  • Darkens with time
  • Series of splotchy brown macules
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6
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Ankyloglossia

what causes it

A
  • Congenital abnormality
  • short ligual frenum
  • tongue tied
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7
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Cleft Lip

Defect btw

A
  • Unilateral(80%) or bilateral (20%)
  • Defect btw medial nasal process and max process
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Cleft Palate

Lack of

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  • Lack of fusion btw palatal shelves
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