Miscellaneous Flashcards
Bells palsy?
Paralysus or weakness of the CN7 unilaterally
Trigerring events for bells palsy
Otitis media
Atmospheric change
Ischemia if facial nerve near stylomastoid foramen
Melkerson rosenthel syndrome
Multiple sclerosis
Herpes virus
Trigemin neuralgia also known as
Tic douloureux
Features of trigeminal neuralgia
Trigger point
Very sudden stabbing pain
Electric shock like
Less than 2 mins
Refractory period follows
Follows trigeminal branches
Sharp stabbing pulses of pain in the back of the throat tongue and tonsils and middle ear during swallowing drinking cold sneezing coughing talking touching the gums or throat
Glosspharyngeal neuralgia
Nerve pain follows shingles, confined to the area where shingles were, severe stabbing burning pain with no clinical findings
Post herpetic neuralgia
After parotid gland surgery, auriculotemporal nerve healed and innervaged sweat glands of the face resulted in GUSTATORY SWEATING during eating
Freys syndrome
Auriculotemporal syndrome
Autoimmune neuromuscular disease leads to muscle weakness and fatigue, difficulty in eating, double vision, flat smile, droopy eyes , xerostomja and rampant caries
Myasthenia gravis
Oral manifestations of myasthenia gravis
Weakness- MOM, palate, pharynx larynx tongue
Lack of strength in masseter muscles
Dysphagia
Expressionless
Gingival hyperplasia due to cyclosporine
Chronic autoimmune disease attacks CNS of females of 20-40yrs of age leads to tingling and numbness to paralysis and blindness - bells palsy and trigeminal neuralgia
Multiple sclerosis
Chronic inflammation of minor SG affecting lower lip that results in hypertrophy and inflammation of glands
Erosions and ulcers are seen too
Cheilitis glandularis
Non caseating granulomatous inflammation of the lip
Cheilitis granulomatosa
Melkersson rosenthal syndrome
Cheilitis granulomatosa
Facial paralysus
Fissured tongue
Exfoliative cheilitis
Ch inflammation on lips
Crusting scaling erythma vermillion border
Excessive production of keratin
Occurs in females
Premalignant condition affects middle aged men due to longterm exposure of sunlight causing chronic degenerative disorder if the lower lip
Actinic cheilitis