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Oral Pathology Chapter 12 Flashcards

1
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What is the most common tumor of the oral cavity?

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Fibroma

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What type of proliferation is a fibroma?

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Hyperplasia

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What fibrous tumor can be found on the gingiva and is not related to irritation?

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Giant cell fibroma

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What lesion is found bilaterally on the lingual gingiva?

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Retrocuspid papilla

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What is the tumor-like hyperplasia of fibrous connective tissue called that can result from the flange of an ill-fitting denture?

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Epulis Fissuratum

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What is the name of the tumor-like hyperplasia of fibrous connective tissue?

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Inflammatory Fibrous Hyperplasia (IFH)

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What is the condition called that occurs when a patient wears their denture 24/7?

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Inflammatory Papillary Hyperplasia (IPH)

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What results from the overproduction of hyaluronic acid by fibroblasts and has a 2/3 occurrence on the gingiva and 1/3 occurrence on the hard palate?

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Oral focal mucinosis

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What is the scientific name for “pregnancy tumor”?

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Pyogenic granuloma

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10
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What causes “pregnancy tumor”?

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Trauma

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Where is the most likely location of “pregnancy tumor”?

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Gingiva

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What is the old Latin term for “pregnancy tumor”?

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Granuloma gravidarum

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How should treatment proceed on a pregnant patient with “pregnancy tumor”?

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It should be delayed unless functional or esthetic problems develop.

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What is the most likely cause of a purple growth on the gingival tissue?

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Peripheral giant cell granuloma

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What effect can PGCGs have on the mouth?

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They can cause the resorption of bone

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What is the name of the mass that appears on the gums and tends to have a whitish appearance?

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Peripheral Ossifying Fibroma

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What two growths occur exclusively on the gingiva or alveolar ridge?

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  1. Peripheral Ossifying Fibromas and 2. Perpherial Giant Cell Granulomas
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What growth is associated with the incisor-cuspid region?

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Peripheral Ossifying Fibromas

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What is a benign tumor of fat called?

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Lipoma

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20
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What is the most common mesenchymal neoplasm?

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Lipoma

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21
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What is the most common site of growth for lipomas?

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Buccal mucosa

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Should trauma be caused around the 1st mandibular premolar region, what could result?

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Traumatic Neuroma

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What type of growth is a benign neural tumor typically found on the face?

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Palisaded Encapsulated Neuroma (PEN)

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What percentage of PEN is found of the face?

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90%

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What is the average age of a PEN patient?

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50

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What symptom is a characteristic feature of the neurofibromatosis type II (NF2)?

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Bilateral Schwannomas of the auditory-vestibular nerve

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What is the most common oral site of Schwannomas?

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Tongue

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What is the term that describes streaming fascicles of spindle-shaped Schwann cells which form a palisaded arrangement around central acellular, eosinophilic areas?

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Antoni A

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29
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What is the name of the disorganized form of Schwannomas?

30
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What are organized spindle-shaped Schwann cells called in Schwannomas?

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Verocay bodies

31
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What is the most common type of peripheral nerve neoplasm?

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Neurofibroma

32
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What is the most common location of a neurofibroma (extra orally)?

33
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What is the most common two locations of a neurofibroma intraorally?

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Tongue and buccal mucosa

34
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What is the biggest concern with neurofibromas?

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That the patient has neurofibromatosis

35
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What is the name of the disease that has the feeling of a “bag of worms” and has six characteritic features that can be used to identify it?

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Neurofibromatosis Type I

36
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What is the other term given to NF1?

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Von Recklinghausen’s disease of the skin

37
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What is pathognomonic for NF1?

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Plexiform variant of NF

38
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What does a plexiform variant of NF feel like?

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Bag of worms

39
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What ratio of patients have the mild form of NF1?

40
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What is the name of the diagnostic markings that appear like light birthmarks?

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Cafe au lait

41
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What shape do markings suggestive of NF1 appear?

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Coast of California

42
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What is the name of the markings in the axillary region called?

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Crowe’s Sign

43
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What is the name of the problem with the second cranial nerve experienced in NF1 patients?

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Optic Glioma

44
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What are the nodules called that arise on the eyes in NF1 (two names)?

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  1. Iris Hamartomas and 2. Lisch nodules
45
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What pathology is associated with “acoustic neuromas”?

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Schwannomas

46
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If a patient has parathyroid tumors, pituitary tumors, pancreatic tumors, adrenal gland tumors, thyroid tumors and mucosal neuromas in the oral cavity, what do they likely have?

A

Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia, Type 2B (MEN 2B)

47
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What is often the first symptom of MEN 2B?

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Oral mucosal neuromas

48
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What percentage of MEN 2B patients develop pheochromocytomas?

49
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What percentage of MEN 2B patients develop medullary carcinoma of the thyroid gland?

50
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What disease is associated with the first year of life, has a predilection for the anterior maxilla and is clinically blue or black?

A

Melanotic neuroectodermal tumor of infancy

51
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Patients that have Melanotic neuroectodermal tumors of infancy exhibit what in their urine?

A

High levels of vanillylmandelic acid

52
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What pathology is a swelling, most often in the dorsal of the tongue, that exhibits pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia?

A

Granular Cell Tumor

53
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What dying technique is associated with identifying Granular Cell Tumors and comes back positive?

54
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What pathology is associated with a negative S-100 test, is found in newborns, occurs 90% of the time in females and is 3X more common on the maxillary ridge?

A

Congenital Epulis

55
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What is the most common tumor of infancy, is most common in whites and females and is most often located on the head and neck?

A

Hemangioma

56
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What type of Hemangioma is associated with not blanching and remaining red in color?

57
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What type of Hemangioma is associated with blanching and tends to be darker red to purple in color?

58
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What disease is associated with persistence of vascular plexus around the cephalic portion of the neural tube and is associated with a port wine stain?

A

Sturge-Weber Angiomatosis

59
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What is the scientific name of port wine stains?

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Nevus Flammeus

60
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What nerve is associated with Sturge-Weber Angiomatosis?

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One/more segments of the trigeminal nerve

61
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What nerve is associated with risk for full symptoms of Sturge-Weber Angiomatosis?

A

Ophthalmic branch

62
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Besides Nevus Flammeus, what other symptom presents in Sturge-Weber Angiomatosis?

A

Leptomeningeal angiomas

63
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In addition to other symptoms, which disease is associated with convulsive disorders, mental retardation, contralateral hemiplagia and hypervascular changes in ipsilateral intraoral mucosa?

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Sturge-Weber Angiomatosis

64
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What disease appears as “frog eggs” or “tapioca pudding” and is frequently found in the mouth?

A

Cavernous Lymphangiomas

65
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What pathology is associated with smooth muscle benign tumors?

66
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What is the pathology that is very rare, has a predilection for the head and neck and is a neoplasm of skeletal muscle?

A

Rhabdomyoma

67
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What percentage of soft tissue sarcomas in children are Rhabdomyomas?

68
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How do primary malignancies likely spread?

A

Via Lymphatics

69
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Where do malignancies typically spread from the lower body?

70
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How might metastasis spread past the lung?

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Through Batson’s plexus

71
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What are the first and second most common sites of metastasis of soft tissue in the mouth?

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  1. Gingiva (50%) and 2. Tongue (25%)
72
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When malignancies spread to soft tissues in the oral cavity, what portion spreads to soft tissue and which portion spreads to bone?

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2/3 soft tissue and 1/3 into bone

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