Paediatric oral medicine/pathology Flashcards

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What is a Bohn’s nodule?

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Odontongenic cysts that arise from the dental lamina and are filled with keratin - usually on the alveolar ridge and hard palate

they are located within the connective tissue between the crown of the developing tooth and the oral mucosa

they are asumptomatic and usually rupture/resolve within the frist 3 months of life

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What are Epstein pearls?

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Epithelial inclusion cysts

They are formed due to the development of the palate and are inclusions in the line of fusion of the palatine processes

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What is the histology of a Epstein pearl?

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it is a cyst lined by keratinising stratified squamous epithelium

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What is this?

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Congenital epulis

They are usually located on the maxiallary edentulous ridge of a new born.

It is round, soft and exophytic, which can be very large

80% in females

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What is a melanotic neuroectodermal tumour of infancy?

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It is a neoplasm of neuroblastic and pigmented epithelial cells of neural crest origin

it is a rapidly growing mass of which 70% present in the anterior maxilla.

80% occur at less than 6months

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