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Head and Neck (audio recall) Flashcards

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cyst containing heterotopic thyroid tissue at the foramen cecum of tongue

A

thyroglossal duct cyst

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2
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what bacteria causes scarlet fever?

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beta hemolytic strep

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3
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what disease is characterized by painful recurrent solitary or multiple small ulcers of oral mucosa

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aphthous stomatitis aka canker sores

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4
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what lesion of the oral cavity is composed of reactive granulation tissue with acute and chronic inflammation?

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pyogenic granuloma

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5
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what oral disease represents an infection by two symbiotic organisms: fusiform bacillus and spirochete

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acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis/ Vincent Angina

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what disease is a rapidly spreading cellulitis which originates in the submaxillary or sublingual space but extends locally to involve both?

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Ludwig angina

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Herpes labialis is caused by

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HSV-1

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8
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what is the term for an asymptomatic white lesion on the surface of the oral mucus membrane?

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leukoplakia

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9
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most common malignancy of oral mucosa Betel nut quid chewing

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Squamous cell carcinoma

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10
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  • most common tumor of enamel
  • soap bubble appearance on radiograph
  • looks like tooth with epithelial “nests”
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ameloblastoma

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11
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  • Benign polypoid capillary hemangioma
  • common in 3rd trimester
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Lobular capillary hemangioma

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12
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  • Inversion of surface epithelium into stroma
  • associated with HPV 6 and 11
  • erodes bone
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Inverted papilloma

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13
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  • Neural crest origin
  • Pseudorosettes
  • S-100 protein surrounds nests
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Olfactory Neuroblastoma

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14
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Circular band of lymphoid tissue at opening of oropharynx

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Waldeyer Ring

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15
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  • pink/white mass
  • change in voice
  • nosebleeds
  • androgen dependent
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Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma

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16
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  • Associated with EBV infection
  • Tumor cells express cytokeratin
  • may cause chronic serous otitis media
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Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

17
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  • Most often benign parotid tumor
  • Mixture of epithelial and stromal elements
  • PLAG1 rearranged
  • painless, moveable, firm masses with smooth surface
  • Commonly recurs after surgery
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Pleomorphic Adenoma-can invade (called: carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma)

18
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  • 2nd most common benign parotid tumor
  • glandular spaces become cystic
  • lined by oncocytes
  • unlikely to become malignant
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Warthins tumor

19
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  • Malignant
  • from ductal epithelium (usually parotid)
  • slow growing
  • firm, painless mass
  • Squamous cells, mucous secreting cells and intermediate cells
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Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma

20
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  • Malignant salivary tumor
  • Invade locally and recur after resection
  • Infiltrate perineural spaces–>pain
  • cyst spaces filled with basophillic material
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Adenoid Cystic Carcinomas

21
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  • Most common benign tumor of middle ear
  • neural crest origins
  • secretes catecholamines
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Jugulotympanic paraganglioma

22
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  • Most common cause of conductive hearing loss
  • formation of new spongy bone about stapes and oval window
  • autosomal dominant
A

Otosclerosis

23
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Triad:

1) vertigo
2) sensorineural hearing loss
3) tinnitus
- From dilation of cochlear duct
- improves with low salt diet and diuretics

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Meniere Disease

24
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  • Most common tumor of inner ear
  • From vestibular nerves
  • slowly progressive vestibular and auditory symptoms
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Schwannoma

25
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Can be caused by:

1) Congenital CMV or Rubella (bilaterlal deafness)
2) Mumps (unilateral deafness)

A

Viral Labyrinthitis

26
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  • reactive vascular lesion in oral cavity
  • small, elevated, and focally ulcerated red-purple lesion
  • usually on gingiva
  • highly vascualr granulation tissue with acute and chronic inflammation
A

Pyogenic Granuloma

27
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  • large ulcerations in mouth and facial tissue
  • focal exposure of bone
  • culture grows borrelia vincentii
  • usually are somewhat immunocompromised
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Vincent Angina-acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis

28
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  • complication fo chronic suppurative otitis media
  • hearing loss from mass of accumulated keratin and squamous epithelium
  • mass can become infected and shield bacteria from antibiotics
A

Cholesteatoma

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