Differentials Flashcards
5 white lesions that can be scraped off
- materia alba
- toothpaste allergy
- white coated tongue
- burn (chemical, thermal, cotton roll, etc.)
- pseudomembranous candidiasis
white lesions that cannot be scraped off
- linea alba
- morsicatio buccarum/linguarum/laborium
- leukoplakia
- leukoedema
- nicotine stomatitis
- oral hairy leukoplakia
- lichen planus
- scar tissue
- tobacco pouch keratosis
- verrucous carcinoma
papillary lesions
- squamous papilloma
- verruca vulgaris
- condyloma accuminatum
- verruciform xanthoma
- sinonasal papilloma
lesions that can cross the midline
- central giant cell granuloma
- dentigerous cyst
- glandular odontogenic cyst
- odontogenic keratocyst
- traumatic bone cyst
blue swellings
- hemangioma
- mucocele
- mucoepidermoid carcinoma
- gingival cyst of the adult
- eruption cyst
- peripheral giant cell granuloma
large unilocular radiolucency in the mandible
- OKC
- ameloblastoma (can cause root resorption)
- dentigerous cyst (impacted tooth)
- central giant cell granuloma (crosses midline)
mixed RL-RO
- COC
- AOT
- CEOT
- odontomas
- ameloblastic fibro-odontoma
- ossifying fibroma
focal area of increased radiodensity
- idiopathic osteosclerosis
- focal cemento-osseous dysplasia (RL rim)
- condensing osteitis (associated with inflammation)
- cementoblastoma (attached to root surface)
- bone scar
benign fibro-osseous lesions
- fibrous dysplasia
- cemento-osseous dysplasia
- ossifying fibroma
cause root resorption
- ameloblastoma
- osteosarcoma
soap bubble or honeycomb
ameloblastoma
moth-eaten
metastatic tumors to the jaws
sunburst appearance
osteosarcoma
spiking resorption
osteosarcoma
downward bowing of mandible
ossifying fibroma
ghost cells
COC
snowflake calcifications
AOT
driven snow
CEOT
cotton wool
pagets disease
ground glass
fibrous dysplasia
blood-soaked sponge
aneurysmal bone cyst
blow-out or ballooning distention of affected bone
aneurysmal bone cyst
positive for congo red
CEOT
pindborg tumor
CEOT
gorlin cyst
COC
white lesion that goes away when tissue is stretched
leukoedema
whickam’s striae
lichen planus
sawtooth rete ridges
lichen planus
clinically blanches under pressure
- hemangioma
- dioscopy is the test
cauliflower appearance
squamous papilloma
serpentine border
geographic tongue aka erythema migrans aka benign migratory glossitis
most common benign neoplasm of the oral cavity
fibroma
most common tumor of infancy
hemangioma
most common developmental cyst
dentigerous cyst
most common odontogenic tumor
odontoma
most common fibro-osseous lesion encountered in clinical practice
cemento-osseous dysplasia
most common malignancy to originate in bone, excluding hematopoietic neoplasms
osteosarcoma
most common form of cancer involving bone
metastatic carcinoma
floats in formalin
lipoma
