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DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF RED, WHITE AND PIGmented lesions Flashcards

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Main causes of red lesions in the mouth?

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  • VASCULAR
  • INFLAMMATORY
  • PURPURA
  • EROSIVE
  • REACTIVE
  • ATROPHIC
  • NEOPLASMS
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Inflammatory causes of red white and pigmented lesions?

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what is this picture of?

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Herpes simplex virus

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what is this?

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Herpes zoster

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what does this show?

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Candida

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what stain is this and what does it show?

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PAS/d and it shows the candida hyphae

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What does this show?

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Granular gingivitis

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what is this?

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This is a reactive lesion

Pyogenic granuloma

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What are the erosive causes of red lesions?

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what does this show?

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Aspirin burn

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what is this?

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Pemphigoid lesion

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what is this?

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Pemphigus

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what are the atrophic causes of red lesions?

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Erythema migrans

Atrophic Lichen planus

Iron deficiency–> glossitis

Erythroplasia

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What is this?

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Erythema migrans or Geographic tongue

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what is this?

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Erythroplasia

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what causes purpura?

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Trauma

Platelet disorders

Angina Bullosa heamorrhagica

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what is this?

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Purpura

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what are the vascular anomalies which can cause red, white or pigmented lesions?

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Lingual varices

telengiectasias

heamangiomas

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what is this?

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HAEMANGIOMA/ TELENGIECTASIA

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20
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what is a capillary heamangioma?

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Capillary haemangioma may involve any intraoral area of mucosa with the mucosal aspect of the lower lip being a favourite site.

Direct pressure applied to the lesion will reveal blanching as opposed to the pigmented lesion.

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what are the neoplasms which cause red lesions?

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SCC

Amelanotic melanoma

Karposis sarcoma

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Why do white patches look white?

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usually due to a thickened keratin layer

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Label this layers of epithelium?

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what does this show?

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hyper keratosis

25
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what are the main causes of white lesions? (COIN)

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Congenital

Others- Friction/burn

infective/inflammatory

Neoplastic

26
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infective causes fo white lesions?

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Candida

Hairy leukoplakia

Syphylitic patch

27
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Non infective causes of white lesions

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lichen planus

Lupus erythematosis

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what is this?

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hairy leaukoplakia (lateral borders of tongue)

29
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what are the congenital causes of white lesions?

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WHITE SPONGE NAEVUS

FORDYCE spots

DYSKERATOSIS CONGENITA

LEUKOEDEMA

30
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Other causes of white spot lesions?

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burns

scars

skin graft

cheek biting

31
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what is this?

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frictional keratosis

32
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what causes intraoral pigmentation?

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the pigmentation depends on the number of malanocytes at the basal layer or the amount of melanin produced by these melanocytes

33
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what is this?

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normal melanocyte ( note it s at the basal layer)

34
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how can pigmentation arise?

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Due to a pigmented foreign body

more melanocytes

more melanin produced by same number of melanocytes

35
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what are the sources of external pigment?

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Amalgam tatoo

heavy metal exposure

intentional tatoo

36
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pigmentation secondary to a stimulus?

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smoking

drugs

37
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internal causes of pigmentation?

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Oral melanotic macule (ephelis)

Racial pigmentation

Addisson’s Disease

ACTH producing tumours

Physiologic pigmentation of pregnancy (melasma)

Peutz Jegher’s Syndrome

Post inflammatory melanin incontinence

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what do these images show?

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amalgam tatoo

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how does physiological pigmentation occur?

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Due to an increase in melanin produced by melanocytes.

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what can cause the melanocytes to increase melanin production?

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long lasting inflammation such as lichen planus, pemphigus and pemphigoid.

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what does this show?

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More pigment but the same amount of melanocytes

42
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what is this?

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oral melanotic macule.

idiopathic in origin and the equivalent to a freckle.

no malignancy transformation risk.

43
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what is racial pigmentation?

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Pigmented mucosa is common in those with black skin.

44
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what does this show?

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increased number and nest of melanocytes

it is a neavus.

45
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what happens to the melancytes in oral melanoma?

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Proliferation of malignant melanocytes along the junction between the epithelial and connective tissues & within the connective tissue

It is a rare cancer though

46
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Showing a malignant melanoma histology

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increased numbers of melanocytes and malignant cytology

47
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How does an oral melanoma present?

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often asymptomatic

slow growing brown or black patch

asymmetrical borders

or rapid growth, ulceration

48
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how do you manage oral melanoma?

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wide excision

radiotherapy and chemotherapy often ineffective

often many metasis

Prognosis is very poor - 15% survive 5 years

49
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what is Primary adrenal insufficiency (addisons)

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• Autoimmune destruction

  • TB
  • Malignancy
  • Iatrogenic
  • Destruction of the adrenal gland–>Decreased mineralo & gluco- corticoid levels

Primary adrenal insufficiency is characterized by mineralocorticoid deficiency and by hyperpigmentation

The most common causes (80%) is autoimmune adrenalitis

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what does this show?

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Hyper pigmentation in addisons

51
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what would the investigations reveal in addisons?

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elevated plasma ACTH

synacthen test

low serum sodium, and raised serum potassium

adreno-cortical antibodies - often present in autoimmune adrenalitis

abdominal film - calcified adrenals of tuberculosis

chest radiology - tuberculous lesions

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what is Peutz Jegher’s Syndrome?

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Genetically inherited syndrome

Perioral pigmentation - multiple freckles

Intraoral pigmentation-

pigmentation may fade after puberty. Clinical diagnosis is important as there is a genetic risk of bowel cancer

53
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localised causes of pigmentation?

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54
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what are the generalised causes of pigmentation?

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Contraceptive pill, Antimalarials

Hypoadrenalism, increased ACTH

Drugs, smoking

Post inflammatory

Genetic–>Racial ot Peutz Jeghers

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