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Oral Pathology Flashcards

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What causes a cleft lip?

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  • lack of fusion between medial nasal process and maxillary process
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What causes a cleft palate?

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  • lack of fusion between palatal shelves
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3
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Clefts + pits = ??

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Van der Woude Syndrome

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  • white or whitish-gray edematous lesion of buccal mucosa
  • dissipates when cheek is stretched
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Leukoedema

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White annular (ringed) lesions surrounding central red islands that migrate over time

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Geographic tongue AKA benign migratory glossitis

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Folds and furrows of tongue dorsum

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fissured tongue

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Fissured tongue + granulomatous cheilitis + facial paralysis = ??

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Melkersson- Rosenthal Syndrome
- Mels bells = facial paralysis
- Rosy Red = granulomatous cheilitis

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Congenital focal proliferation of capillaries

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hemangioma

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congenital focal proliferation of lymph vessels

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  • lymphangioma
  • very rare
  • when on neck it is called cystic hygroma
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Angiomas of leptomeninges (arachnoid and pia mater) + skin along the distribution of trigeminal nerve = ??

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Sturge-Weber syndrome

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  • mass in midline floor of mouth
  • doughy consistency
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dermoid cyst

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  • lateral neck swelling
  • epithelial cyst within lymph node of neck
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branchial cyst

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  • epithelial cyst within lymphoid tissue of oral mucosa
  • palatine and lingual tonsils are common
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oral lymphoepithelial cyst

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14
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  • radiolucency in posterior mandible BELOW mandibular canal
  • due to lingual concavity of the jaw
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Stafne Bone Defect

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  • Heart-shaped radiolucency in nasopalatine canal
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Nasopalatine duct cyst

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  • Term denoting any radiolucency between maxillary canine and lateral incisor
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Globulomaxillary lesion

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  • Large radiolucency SCALLOPED AROUND ROOTS
  • no epithelial lining
  • usually associated with jaw trauma
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Traumatic Bone Cyst

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18
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  • red dots, inflamed salivary duct openings
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nicotine stomatitis

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19
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  • brown, diffuse, irregular macules
  • typically seen in anterior gingiva
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smoking-associated melanosis

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20
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  • benign hyperpigmentation in mucous membrane
  • basically a freckle of mucosa
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Melanotic macule

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21
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freckles + intestinal polyps = ??

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Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
(PJs - Freckles - intestinal distress)

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22
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elongated filiform papillae

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Hairy Tongue

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23
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  • commonly related to sodium lauryl sulfate
  • toms of maine or Rembrandt toothpaste
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Dentifrice-Associated Sloughing

24
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Classes of submucosal hemorrhage (4)

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  • Petechiae = 1mm hemorrhages
  • Purpura = slightly larger than petechiae
  • Ecchymosis = 1 cm or bigger, bruise
  • Hematoma = mass of blood within tissue, caused by trauma to oral mucosa
25
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Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV)

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  • Primary - pan-oral
  • Recurrent - Keratinized
    - 2 forms - Herpes Labialis - vermillion border
    - Recurrent intraoral herpes - attached gingiva, hard palate

Tx - Acyclovir in Prodromal phase

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Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV)

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  • Primary - Chickenpox
  • Recurrent - Shingles
27
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Herpes zoster reactivation in geniculate ganglion affecting CN 7 and 8 resulting in facial paralysis, vertigo, deafness =

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Ramsay Hunt Syndrome

28
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  • Hand food and mouth disease
  • herpangina (posterior oral cavity
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Coxsackie virus

29
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What are Koplik’s spots? What virus causes them?

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  • buccal mucosa dot ulcers, precede skin rash
  • Measles (Rubeola)
30
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Benign epithelial pedunculated or sessile proliferation on skin or mucosa

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papilloma (AKA wart)

31
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common skin wart

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verruca vulgaris

32
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  • HPV 6 and 11
  • genital wart
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Condyloma Acuminatum

33
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  • HPV 13 and 32
  • multiple small dome-shaped warts on oral mucosa
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Focal Epithelial hyperplasia (Heck’s disease)

34
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-epstein barr virus
- white patch on lateral tongue, does not wipe off
- opportunistic infection associated with HIV
- associated with Burkitt’s lymphoma

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oral hairy leukoplakia

35
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Treponema pallidum causes?

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syphilis

36
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Characteristics of syphilis

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primary - chancre
secondary - oral mucous patch
tertiary - gumma (systemic)

37
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Common characteristics of Actinomycosis

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  • caused by actinomyces israelii (NOT FUNGAL)
  • Periapical - jaw infections
  • cervicofacial - head and neck infections
  • sulfur granules in purulent exudate
38
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Characteristics of Scarlet Fever

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  • Group A strep (strep pyogenes)
  • strawberry tongue = white coated tongue with red inflamed fungiform papillae
39
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Characteristics of candidiasis

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  • AKA Thrush
  • pseudomembranous = white plaque that rubs off
  • atrophic = red
  • Median rhomboid glossitis = loss of lingual papillae
  • angular cheilitis = corner of mouth
40
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  • white patch that does not rub off
  • Tx: biopsy
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Leukoplakia
- clinical description, not a diagnosis

41
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  • Recurrent and warty
  • HPV 16 and 18
  • high risk of malignant transformation to SCC or verrucous carcinoma
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Proliferative Verrucous Leukoplakia

42
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  • Red Patch
  • higher risk than leukoplakia
  • Tx: biopsy
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Erythroplakia
- clinical description, not a diagnosis

43
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Due to sun damage (UVB especially)

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Actinic Cheilitis

44
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White mucosal change in vestibule due to direct effects of smokeless tobacco and additives

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Smokeless tobacco associated lesion

45
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Nonkeratinized
Minor –> heal without scarring
Major –> heal with scarring
Sutton disease = AKA for Major form
Behcet’s syndrome

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Aphthous Ulcer

46
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Multisystem vasculitis that causes aphthous-type ulcers of oral and genital, and inflammation of eye

What is the treatment?

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-Behcet’s Syndrome
-Corticosteroids

47
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  • Often on lips but can occur anywhere on skin and mucosa
  • minor –> herpes simplex hypersensitivity
  • major –> drug sensitivity (AKA stevens-johnson syndrome)
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Erythema Multiforme

48
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Stevens-Johnson Syndrome

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Another name for the major form of erythema multiforme

49
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  • Allergic reaction to drug or food contact
  • diffuse swelling of lips, neck or face
  • mediated by mast cell release of IgE and histamines

What is the treatment?

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Angioedema

antihistamines

50
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  • allergic reaction to inhaled antigen
  • strawberry gingivitis

What is the treatment?

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Wegener’s Granulomatosis

Corticosteroids (prednisone) and cyclophosphamide

51
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  • T lymphocytes target and destroy basal keratinocytes
  • sawtooth rete pegs
  • reticular –> wickham striae, more common
  • erosive –> wickham striae with red ulcerations

What is the treatment?

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Lichen Planus

Corticosteroids

52
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  • Discoid chronic type –> disc-like lesions on face
  • systemic acute type –> butterfly rash over nose

What is the treatment?

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Corticosteroids

53
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  • hardening of skin and connective tissue
    restricted opening and uniform widening of PDL - space
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Scleroderma

54
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  • Autoantibodies against desmosomes
  • multiple painful ulcers preceded by bullae
  • positive nikolsky’s sign

What is the treatment?

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Pemphigus Vulgaris

Corticosteroids

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