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What word describes a decrease in hemoglobin or RBCs?

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Anemia

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What is used to measure volume of RBCs?

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Hemocrit

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What oral symptoms are associated with anemia (3)?

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  1. Bald tongue (tongue atrophy), 2. Burning tongue (glossopyrosis) and 3. Pain in the tongue (glossodynia)
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What is the name of the disease that is marked by a decreased number of circulating blood platelets?

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Thrombocytopenia

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What drug is the most common to cause a lack of platelets?

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Heparin

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What two systemic diseases were listed as causing a lack of platelets?

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  1. Systemic lupus erythematous and 2. HIV
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What disease causes a decrease in platelets as a side effect?

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Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

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What percentage of platelets are removed by the spleen?

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1/3

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What is a normal platelet count?

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200,000-400,000

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What results from small capillary leakage?

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Petechiae

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Should a medium amount of blood leak, what is it called?

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Ecchymosis

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Should a large amount of blood leak, what is it called?

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Hematoma

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At what level is a lack of platelets considered severe?

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What disease is a childhood disease that appears classically after a virus and results in destruction of platelets?

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Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)

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What pathology is associated with the enlargement of the lymphoid tissue, is typically due to infection and may affect lymph nodes?

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Lymphoid hyperplasia

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What is the aggregates of lymphoid tissue scattered throughout the oral cavity called?

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Waldeyer’s ring

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Where are the four most common locations for aggregates of lymphoid tissue?

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  1. Oropharynx, 2. Soft palate, 3. Lateral tongue and 4. Floor of the mouth
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What are the characteristics of an acute infection concerning the tonsils?

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Enlarged, tender, soft, freely-movable nodules

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What are the characteristics of a chronic infection concerning the tonsils?

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Enlarged, nontender, firm, freely movable nodules

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What is the key to identifying dangerous development in the tonsils?

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Checking for asymmetry

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Should a lymphoid swelling occur in the mouth, where would it likely be?

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The posterior lateral tongue

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What disease is described as a malignant transformation of a stem cell, which proliferates in the bone marrow and overflows into the peripheral blood?

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Leukemia

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What are the four classifying terms of leukemias (note that only two can be present at a time)?

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  1. Myeloid, 2. Lymphoid, 3. Acute and 4. Chronic
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What type of leukemia is the most dangerous?

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Acute - leads to death within a few months if untreated

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Which leukemia is associated with the translocation of chromosomal material between the long arms of chromosomes 9 and 22?
Chronic Myeloid leukemia
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Should abnormalities be present on chromosomes 9 and 22 that cause leukemia, what would that be called?
Philadelphia chromosome
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What two environmental factors are related to anemia?
1. Exposure to pesticides/benzene and 2. Ionizing radiation
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What virus is associated with leukemia?
Human T-cell leukemia/lymphoma virus type 1 (HTLV-1)
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Which leukemia is one of the most common childhood malignancies?
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
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What is the most common leukemia?
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (occurs in adulthood)
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How does leukemia appear in the oral cavity?
Boggy, non-tender swelling
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What is the presentation of leukemia in the mouth called?
Granulocytic sarcoma
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What disease results in a punched out radiolucency, develops from antigen presenting cells, has a spectrum of severity, and appears more than half the time in patients younger than 15 years old?
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
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What is the smallest form of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis?
Eosinophilic Granuloma of Bone
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What version of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis is found mostly in infants?
Acute disseminated histiocytosis
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What is the other term for acute disseminated histiocytosis?
Letterer-Siwe Disease
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What version of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis involves bone, skin and viscera and is the most severe?
Chronic Disseminated Histiocytosis
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What is the other name for Chronic Disseminated Hystiocytosis?
Hand-Schuller-Christian Disease
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What are four typical locations of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis?
1. Skull, 2. Ribs, 3. Vertebrae and 4.Mandible
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The phrases "punched out" radiolucencies, "scooped out" appearance and "Floating in air" belong to?
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
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What histologic feature identifies Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis?
Birbeck Granules
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How should bone lessons be treated in Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis?
Curettage or low-dose radiation
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What makes a good/bad prognosis in Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis?
Prognosis is good in bone, but bad in visceral and cutaneous involvement
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What malignant lymphoproliferative disorder is unusual in that neoplastic cells only make up 1-3% of the cells in the lesson?
Hodgkin's Lymphoma
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What are Hodgkin's Lymphoma neoplastic cells called?
Reed-Sternberg cells (have owl eye nuclei)
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What virus is linked to Hodgkin's Lymphoma?
EBV
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What ages typically are affected by Hodgkin's Lymphoma?
Between 15-35 and after 50
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What histological type of Hodgkin's lymphoma has the best prognosis?
Lymphocyte Predominant
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What histological type of Hodgkin's lymphoma has the worst prognosis?
Nodular Sclerosing
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What disease is associated with plasma cell origin and has a multicentric origin in bone?
Multiple Myeloma
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What race is particularly targeted by Multiple Myelomas?
African Americans - it is the most common hematologic malignancy for them
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What is the characteristic presenting symptom of Multiple Myelomas?
Bone pain
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Where is the most common area that Multiple Myelomas present?
Lumbar spine
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What is an important radiographic sign of Multiple Myelomas?
"Punched-out" radiolucencies on the skull film
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What organs are impacted especially hard by multiple myelomas?
Kidneys
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What proteins can be found in the urine of patients with Multiple myelomas?
Bence Jones Proteins
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What drug class is given to patients with Multiple Myelomas to prevent bone fracture?
Bisphosphonates

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