Oral Pathology Chapter 17

Question 1

What disease is a group of conditions characterized by the deposition of an extracellular, proteinaceous substance termed amyloid?

Answer 1

Amyloidosis

Question 2

What does vitamin A deficiency potentially cause?

Answer 2

Blindness

Question 3

What does vitamin B1 (Thiamine) deficiency potentially cause?

Answer 3

Beriberi

Question 4

What does vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) deficiency potentially cause (2)?

Answer 4

Angular Cheilitis and glossitis

Question 5

What does vitamin B3 (Niacin) deficiency potentially cause (2)?

Answer 5

Pellagra and dermatitis

Question 6

What does vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) deficiency potentially cause?

Answer 6

Lack AA synthesis

Question 7

What does vitamin C deficiency potentially cause?

Answer 7

Scurvy

Question 8

What does vitamin D deficiency potentially cause (2)?

Answer 8

1. Rickets and 2. Osteomalacia

Question 9

What does vitamin E (alpha tocopherol) deficiency potentially cause?

Answer 9

Antioxidant deficiency

Question 10

What does vitamin K deficiency potentially cause?

Answer 10

Coagulopathy

Question 11

What disease causes a bald, red tongue and is related to menorrhagia?

Answer 11

Iron Deficiency Anemia

Question 12

If a tongue is really big and red, what disease comes to mind?

Answer 12

Pernicious anemia

Question 13

What two oral manifestations appear in Iron Deficiency Anemia?

Answer 13

1. Angular Cheilitis and 2. Atrophic Glossitis

Question 14

What lab findings are suggestive of Iron Deficiency Anemia?

Answer 14

Hypochromatic microcytic RBCs

Question 15

What pathology is associated with Iron-deficiency Anemia, Glossitis and Dysphagia?

Answer 15

Plummer-Vinson Syndrome

Question 16

What demographic group is prone to Plummer-Vinson Syndrome?

Answer 16

Scandinavian women between 30 and 50

Question 17

What is a sign outside the mouth that a patient may have Plummer-Vinson Syndrome?

Answer 17

Spoon-shaped nails (koilonychia)

Question 18

What disease is caused by poor absorption of Cobalamin (Vitamin B12)?

Answer 18

Pernicious Anemia

Question 19

What causes the poor absorption of Cobalamin as is seen in Pernicious Anemia?

Answer 19

Patients lack intrinsic factor due to autoimmune disorder of parietal cells of the stomach

Question 20

What is a common oral manifestation of Pernicious Anemia?

Answer 20

Atrophic Glossitis

Question 21

What typically causes Gigantism?

Answer 21

Pituitary adenoma before the closure of the epiphyseal plates

Question 22

What is an oral sign of Gigantism?

Answer 22

Generalized Macrodontia

Question 23

What causes Acromegaly?

Answer 23

Overproduction of growth hormone after epiphyseal plates have sealed

Question 24

What does the extra growth seen in Acromegaly cause in terms of dental side effects?

Answer 24

Increased mandible growth leading to diasthma formation and macroglossia