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Key Phrases For Exam 3 Flashcards

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most common “tumor” of the oral cavity

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fibroma

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McCune Albright Syndrome

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Polyostotic Fibrous Dysplasia, with “coast of Maine” Cafe Au Lait spots AND multiple endocrinopathies (sexual precocity, pituitary adenoma, Hyperthyroidism)

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3
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Most common cutaneous / skin lymphoma

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Mycosis Fungoides (resembles a fungal infection, but it’s a T-cell lymphoma)

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Will have “Verocay bodies” on histo (indicating that it is the Antoni A variant)

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Schwannoma (Neurilemoma)

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Letterer-Siwe disease

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ACUTE disseminated histocytosis (a disseminated subtype of langerhans cell histiocytosis)

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The subtype of leukemia that is most common in kids

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ALL - Acute LymphoBlastic Leukemia

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Most common malignant salivary gland neoplasm IN THE SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND SPECIFICALLY

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Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma

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cotton wool or cotton roll appearance of bone

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Paget’s disease of bone

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Lisch Nodules

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AKA Iris Hamartomas, or basically little freckles in your iris (assoc. with NF1 - NeuroFibromatosis type 1)

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Most common cancer INVOLVING bone

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Metastatic carcinoma, from another site.

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Most common Mesenchymal neoplasm overall. Biopsy floats in formalin.

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Lipoma

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glossopyrosis, glossodynia, & tongue atropy/bald tongue all symptoms of:

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Anemia

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Pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia (also S-100 test positive)

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Granular Cell tumor (most often seen in dorsal tongue)

Remember Congenital Epulis is NOT S-100 positive and doesn’t show the PEH)

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Most common type of leukemia overall, & more often seen in adults

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CLL - Chronic LymphoCytic Leukemia

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Histologic term for the clinical diagnosis of “epulis fissuratum”

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IFH - Inflammatory Fibrous Hyperplasia, caused by flange of an ill fitting denture

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16
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“punched out radiolucency” of bone, with teeth floating in air

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langerhans cell histiocytosis

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What 2 syndromes are “coast of Maine” Cafe Au Lait spots seen in?

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Jaffe-Lichtenstein and McCune Albright syndrome

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Jaffe-Lichtenstein Syndrome

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Polyostotic Fibrous Dysplasia, with “coast of Maine” Cafe Au Lait Spots

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“Starry-Sky pattern” on histo

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Burkitt’s lymphoma (remember this is most common in african kids, so picture african kids all looking up at the starry sky on the savannah)

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20
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most common lymphoma of the oral cavity

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Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma (a type of NON-hodgkin’s lymphoma)

21
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differential of 4 most common “bump on the gums”

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Inflammatory Fibrous Hyperplasia
Pyogenic Granuloma
Peripheral Giant Cell Granuloma
Peripheral Ossifying Fibroma

22
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“loose bodies”, or radiographic appearance of “tonsilloliths in the TMJ area”,

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Synovial chondromatosis

23
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“Sunburst appearance” on radiograph, and “spiking resorption” of roots

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Osteosarcoma

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Often Blue-purple bump on the gums, may produce “cupping resorption” of underlying bone

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Peripheral Giant Cell Granuloma

25
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6+ Cafe Au Lait macules with “coast of california’

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NF1 - NeuroFibromatosis type 1

26
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Birbeck Granules

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The rod shaped cytoplasmic structures that differentiate langerhans cells from other APC’s (langerhans cell histiocytosis)

27
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Most common Fibro-osseous lesions seen in clinical practice

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COD - Cemento-Osseous Dysplasia (3 types)

28
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Reed-sternberg cells

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The neoplastic cells seen in Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (though they only make up about 1-3% of cells in the lesion)

29
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high urinary levels of vanillylmandelic acid seen in:

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Melanotic neuroectodermal tumor of infancy

30
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Bone tumor arising on the surface of bone

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Osteoma

31
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most common salivary gland neoplasm

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Pleomorphic adenoma (so obviously also the most common benign one too)

32
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Hand-Schuller Christian disease

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CHRONIC disseminated histiocytosis (a disseminated subtype of langerhans cell histiocytosis)

33
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“Von Recklinghausen’s disease of the skin”

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NF1 - NeuroFibromatosis type 1

34
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Defect in collagen type 1 maturation, also most common type of INHERITED bone disease

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Osteogenesis Imperfecta

35
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Most common tumor of infancy

A

Hemangioma

36
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“Philadelphia chromosome” involves translocation of what 2 chromosomes, and what disease?

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chromosomes 9 & 22, seen in CML - Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

37
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Crowe’s sign

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Freckling in the axillary region (assoc. with NF1 - NeuroFibromatosis type 1)

38
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Bence Jones proteins

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In Multiple Myeloma. These proteins will build up and overburden the kidneys, and make it out into the urine

39
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swelling and eversion of lower lip / “bubba gump” with red inflamed salivary duct openings

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Cheilitis glandularis

40
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“blood soaked sponge” surgical appearance of bone lesion

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Anuerysmal bone cyst

41
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Sicca Syndrome

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Sjogren’s syndrome with involvement of BOTH dry mouth and dry eyes

42
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Most common malignant salivary gland neoplasm

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Mucoepidermoid carcinoma

**except for in submandibular gland only then it’s Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma!

43
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What syndrome is “coast of California” cafe au lait spots seen in?

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Neurofibromatosis

44
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Sezary Syndrome

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an aggressive, diffuse form of mycosis fungoides

45
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“pregnancy tumor” / Granuloma Gravidarum

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Pyogenic Granuloma

46
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“frosted shower door” or “ground glass” opacification of bone

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Fibrous Dysplasia (monostotic & polyostotic)

47
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neoplasm causing “downward bowing of the cortex of the mandible”

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Ossifying Fibroma

48
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“frog eggs” or “tapioca pudding” of anterior 2/3 tongue most commonly

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lymphangioma

49
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unilaterlal Port Wine Staining of the face / nevus flammeus

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Seen with Sturge Weber Angiomatosis

though also seen in some other non-related disorders

Oral Pathology 2020 (38 decks)

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