Oral Pathology

Question 1

Neoplasia (an abnormal process of uncontrollable cell proliferation) is a common synonym for what?

Answer 1

Tumor. Swelling or growth

Suffix “-oma” means tumor, as in “carcinoma”

Question 2

LIPOma. think oma, think Lipo. (pic in student RDH)
Is this tumor benign? Where is this cell proliferation seen?
Think of the color that fat cells are?
Think of where in the oral cavity there is most fat?

Answer 2

Growth or tumor of fat tissue. It is benign
Not “SA ME CAR” category so not malignant
Yellow in color
usually on buccal mucosa bc fat in cheeks

Question 3

OSTEoma. Where is this cell growth and is it malignant?

Think of malignant similar to “malicious” if someone is malicious then they are intending to do harm; mean

Answer 3

Tumor of the bone, benign

Question 4

Rhabdomyoma, where and cancerous?

Rhab, sounds like wrap, think of wrapping.

Answer 4

Your muscles wrap around the bones, this is a tumor of the muscle tissue.

Question 5

Papilloma, just have to remember this one. A thickened layer of keratin that resembles a common wart. Is it benign?

Answer 5

Cauliflower like appearance.

Question 6

Ameloblastoma
Think of having a “blast”
Where does this commonly occur?
What can this cause?

Answer 6

blast-> champagne-> think bubbles.
Bubble appearance in bone on radiograph
Bubbles float up, so think of upper part of mandible, the ramus.
Bubbles cause expansion of mandible

Question 7

Irritation Fibroma
think irritant
ask patient about potential irritants

Answer 7

Usually occurs from cheek biting, resembles Lipoma but is not yellow in color, more of a white appearance.

Question 8

Melanocytic Nevus
Think Melanin, dark, think coffee dripping from top
Think Nevermind

Answer 8

Dark area, on top, on the hard palate
Nevermind bc its not a big deal, not malignant
Nevus= birthmark or mole on the skin

Question 9

Melanoma

Think mean, if youre in a bad mood

Answer 9

Irregular moods up and down if mean, so irregular borders.

Malanin, so dark color

Question 10

SA ME CAR idea

Answer 10

malignant tumors
SArcoma
MElanoma
CARcinoma

Question 11

AdenOMA, just remember

Answer 11

benign tumor of salivary glands

Question 12

Sarcoma

Think stars

Answer 12

Malignant tumor of the connective tissue

The stars connect to form the little dipper

Question 13

Melanoma

Answer 13

Malignant tumor of melanocytes

Question 14

Carcinoma

Drive your car on the top of roads, dirt, earth’s core

Answer 14

Malignant tumor of epithelial cells

Epithelial is outer layer

Question 15

What does benign mean?

Answer 15

A benign tumor remains localized and does NOT spread to distant sites

Question 16

What does Malignant mean?

Answer 16

Think “malicious”, harmful. Invades and destroys surrounding tissue and can spread throughout the body

Question 17

Squamous Cell Carcinoma
break down the “oma” part and think of key phrases for memorization
Squamous, think square
*one important fact to remember of this as well
*Remember what causes this

Answer 17

Square, canadian flag is square, canadian flag is red and white. Also canadians are very nice people, very soft people.
This appears on the soft parts of the oral cavity (floor of mouth, under the tongue, soft palate, etc.)
red and white lesions
*Most common primary malignancy of the oral cavity
*Alcohol and tobacco consumption

Question 18

Basal Cell Carcinoma
break down “oma” term
Think of Basil leaf
*One important factor to remember about this specifically

Answer 18

Don’t ever eat basil plain, so don’t put it in your mouth.
Does not appear in the oral cavity
Basil leaf needs a lot of sun to grow, this cancer is caused by sun exposure
*Most common type of skin cancer
Grows in basal cells of epidermis, rolled borders

Question 19

Osteosarcoma

Which population is most commonly affected by this? Think of development and degeneration of bone with age.

Answer 19

Malignant tumor of bone forming tissue.

Sunburst Pattern may be seen radiographically

Question 20

Leukoplakia
Think “lake”
Leukocytes are white blood cells, Leuko= white

Answer 20

Lakes are a flat body of water, these lesions are flat, white plaque.
Appears on buccal mucosa, floor of the mouth, lips, ventrolateral surface of the tongue (back side)
-Can range from hyperkeratosis (frictional keratinaztion of tissue) or squamous cell carcinoma