Head And Neck Flashcards
Most important risk of sq cell ca
Smoking and alcoholism
95% of cancers of the head and neck
Squamous cell cancer
Favored location of sq cell ca
Ventral surface of the tongue
Cyst that often originates around crown of unerupted tooth
Dentigerous cysts
Impacted third molar of the teeth
Dentigerous Cyst
Most common type of odontogenic tumor
Arises from epithelium
Depositions of enamel and dentin
Odontoma
Syncytium like array of large epithelial cells admixed with lymphocytes
NPCA
Palisading basaloid cells with stellate reticulum
Odontogenic epithelium without ectomesenchymal differentiation
Ameloblastoma
Smooth excrescences on TRUE VIVAL CORDS
Smoking and singing
Reactive nodules and polyps
Epithelial hyperplasia of the TRUE vocal cords
Pearly gray wrinkled plaques on the mucosal surface ultimately ulcerating and fungating
Laryngeal carcinoma
CSOM Complications
Intracranial
Meningitis
Abscess
Thrombosis of venous sinus
Hydrocephalus
CSOM Complications
Extracranial
Facial nerve paralysis Labyrinthitis Acute mastoiditis Petrositis Sensorineural hearing loss
Remnants of second branchial arch
Upper lateral neck cyst
Branchial cleft cyst
Remnants of thyroid anlagen
Thryoglossal duct cyst
Clusters neuroendocrine cells associated with ANS commonly located in the ADRENAL MEDULLA
Paraganglioma
Carotid body tumor
Paraganglioma
Nests of round chief cells surrounded by delicate vascular septae
Zellballen
Carotid body tumor
Paraganglioma
Most common lesion of salivary glands
Lower lip
Trauma
Mucocoele
Cystlike cavity with mucinous material at lower lip
Mucocoele
Ductal obstruction produced by stones in SUBMANDIBULAR GLANDS
Sialolithiasis
Most common parotid tumors
Pleomorphic adenoma
Benign mixed tumors
Second most common salivary gland neoplasm
Parotid gland
Warthin tumor
Papillary cystadenoma lymphomatosum
Most common form of primary malignant tumor of the salivary glands
Mucoepodermoid tumor
Cribriform pattern enclosing secretions
Perineural invasion
Minor salivary glands particularly palate
Adenoid cystic carcinoma
Double layer of eosinophilic epithelial cells
Follicular germinal centers
Cystic spaces
Warthin tumor
Cords sheets or cystic config of sq mucous or intermediate cells
Mucoepidermoid ca
Slightly raised plaques with pebbly surface
Target like lesion with darker raised center and irregular flat periphery
Dysplastic Nevus
Lentiginous hyperplasia
Dysplastic nevus