ORAL PATH REVIEW POWERPOINT 1 Flashcards
What type of glands are FORDYCE granules? What two areas of the mouth are they most commonly found?
Sebaceous glands…buccal mucosa and upper lip vermillion
What is the term for intracellular edema of cells?
Leukoedema
Name that condition: more often in AfroAmer, bilateral buccal mucosa, white area disappearing on stretching of the mucosa, no tx req
Leukoedema
Name that condition: located on lower lip or under the tongue, elderly, dilated blue veins, can thrombose and calcify
varix or varices
What are two common locations for varices? What is the most common?
lip and under the tongue (most common)
What is the scientific name for geographic tongue?
Erythema Migrans
Name that condition: red flat central area from atrophy of filliform papillae with a white serpentine border which is keratin and cellular debris
geographic tongue (erythema migrans)
Geographic tongue (erythema migrans) has red, flat central areas from atrophy of _______ papillae and a white border made of cell debris and _______
FILLIFORM papillae and keratin
What symptoms (if any) does geographic tongue produce?
usually asymptomatic, but may cause soreness or burning
What drug can you use to treat a symptomatic geographic tongue?
steriod rinse (DEXA-METHA-SONE)
What is the name of an exostosis in the midline of the hard palate?
Torus Palatinus
What happens to physiologic pigmentation over time?
it becomes darker
What is the term for the congenital abnormality of a short linugal frenum?
Ankyloglossia
What % of cleft lip is unilateral or bilateral?
80% unilateral and 20% bilateral
A cleft lip is the result of a defect between which two developmental structures?
Defect between the medial nasal process and maxillary process
Cleft palate is the result of a lack of fusion between which two anatomical structures?
palatal shelves
What is the order of frequency between these conditions: cleft lip AND cleft palate, cleft palate only, and cleft lip only
CL and CP > CL»_space; CP
Name that condition: chronic chewing mucosa, white, rough tissue. What are the 3 locations that are most common (Latin names please)
MOR-SIC-AT-IO….Buccarum, labiorum, linguarum
Name that condition: Autosomal dominant genetic mutation for KERATIN production; multifocal, extensive thick white folds of tissue; NO eye involvement (wtf?)
White Sponge Nevus
White sponge nevus is a(n) __________ genetic mutation for _______ production
AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT…KERATIN
Oral Hairy Leukoplakia is a white plaque typically found on which part of the tongue?
lateral border
What is a strong factor in the development of Oral Hairy Leukoplakia?
immunocompromised (HIV+) pt’s
What is the causative agent for Oral Hairy Leukoplakia?
Epstein-Barr virus (HHV 4)
Hairy tongue is an elongation of ________ papillae
FILLIFORM