Hawkins Flashcards
Rapid growth. Common in pregnant women. Vascular proliferation of granulation tissue
Pyogenic granuloma
Associated with EBV and immunocompromised
Hairy leukoplakia
Red and velvety. Increased risk for malignant transformation
Erythroplakia
Middle aged chronic abusers of smoked alcohol and tobacco. Oncogenes variants of HPV
Squamous cell carcinoma
Kartagener syndrome
Sinusitis
Benign. HPV 6 and 11
Sinonasal scheiderian papilloma
Occult for long periods. Nasal obstruction and epistaxis. Mets to cervical LNs. Treatment is radiotherapy
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Syncytium cluster of epithelial cells in background of lymphocytes. Stains for EBER1
Undifferentiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Clusters of neuroendocrine cells
Paraganglioma
Infection of salivary glands
Sialdenitis
Accumulation of saliva in Submucosal or subcutaenous tissues after damage to salivary duct or gland capsule
Mucocele (sialocele)
Pleomorphic adenoma and warthin tumor
Benign
Mixed tumor. Chromosomal rearrangements of PLAG1
Pleomorphic adenoma
Mucoepimeroid carcinoma and adenoid cystic carcinoma
Malignant
Squamous cells. Mucus secreting
Mucoepidermoid