Oral Tumors Note Card Set

Question 1

most common oral tumors in dogs

Answer 1

melanoma, SCC, fibosarcoma

Question 2

most common oral tumor in cats

Answer 2

SCC

Question 3

diagnostic that should be performed on friable, ulcerated oral masses

Answer 3

oral biopsy

Question 4

diagnostic imaging good for mandible

Answer 4

rads

Question 5

diagnostic imaging good for maxilla

Answer 5

CT

Question 6

most common canine malignant oral tumor; males more commonly affected

Answer 6

melanoma

Question 7

melanoma metastasizes early to ________

Answer 7

regional LNs, lungs

Question 8

second most common malignant oral tumor in dogs; most common in cats

Answer 8

SCC

Question 9

slower to metastasize than melanoma, so there is potential for sx cure with _____ if no mets in regional LNs

Answer 9

SCC

Question 10

prognosis for melanoma post sx

Answer 10

poor

Question 11

prognosis for SCC post sx in dogs

Answer 11

good

Question 12

_____ SCC is highly malignant and has early metastasis

Answer 12

tonsillar

Question 13

prognosis for SCC post sx in cats

Answer 13

poor

Question 14

common in large breed dogs on the maxilla, caudal to the canine tooth

Answer 14

fibrosarcoma

Question 15

in _____ dogs fibrosarcoma is slow growing

Answer 15

older

Question 16

in _____ dogs, fibrosarcoma is aggressive

Answer 16

young

Question 17

benign proliferation of fibrous CT which may contain isolated islands of odontogenic epithelium; local excision curative

Answer 17

POF (peripheral odontogenic fibroma)

Question 18

arises peripherally from remnants of dental laminar epithelium; contains islands or sheets of squamous epithelium in fibrous CT; benign but locally invasive in bone

Answer 18

AA (acanthomatous ameloblastoma)

Question 19

arises from dental laminar epithelium; may be cystic with considerable bone destruction

Answer 19

CA (central ameloblastoma)

Question 20

inductive odontogenic tumor that produces dental hard tissues; contains tooth-like structures

Answer 20

odontoma

Question 21

wart-like growths in oral cavity; usually spontaneously regress but can transform into SCC

Answer 21

oral papilloma

Question 22

avoid sampling or removing _______ when performing cervical lymph node biopsy

Answer 22

salivary glands

Question 23

reason for biopsying cervical lymph nodes

Answer 23

staging

Question 24

when cervical LN biopsy is performed, all three lymphocentrums- __________- should be removed ipsilateral to the tumor

Answer 24

parotid, mandibular, medial retropharyngeal

Question 25

suture material that should be used with oral tumors

Answer 25

polyglactin 910, polyglytone