Patho - Oral Cavity Diseases

Question 1

Definition of stomatitis

Answer 1

Inflammation of mucous membrane of mouth

Question 2

Types of stomatitis

Answer 2

• Aphthous stomatitis (caker sores)
• Herpetic stomatitis ( cold sores - fever blisters )
• Candidiasis (oral thrush)

Question 3

Aphthous stomatitis associated with………..

Answer 3

Inflammatory bowel disease

Question 4

Herpetic stomatitis associated with ………..

Answer 4

• HSV I
• upper respiratory tract
  infections
• Immunosuppression

Question 5

Type of inflammation in herpetic stomatitis

Answer 5

Serous inflammation

Question 6

Microscopic picture of Herpetic stomatitis

Answer 6

Intranuclear acidophil viral inclusions

Question 7

Causative organism of Candidiasis

Answer 7

Candica albicans and it is a normal commensal of the mouth

Question 8

Candidiasis associated with ……….

Answer 8

immunosuppressed persons

Question 9

Type of inflammation in Candidiasis

Answer 9

Pseudomembranous inflammation

Question 10

Leukoplakia is ………..

Answer 10

white patch or plaque that cannot be scraped off

Question 11

Erythroplakia is ………….

Answer 11

red patch

Question 12

Cause of Leukoplakia & Erythroplakia

Answer 12

tobacco

Question 13

Effects of Leukoplakia & Erythroplakia is :

Answer 13

precancerous - risk of malignant of transformation specially erythroplakia

Question 14

Causes of carcinoma of mouth

Answer 14

• leukoplakia and erythroplakia
• Tobacco
• Alcohol consumption
• Squamous cell papilloma

Question 15

Sites of Carcinoma of the mouth

Answer 15

• Ventral surface of the tongue

Question 16

Spread of Carcinoma of the mouth

Answer 16

a. Local spread

b. Lymphatic spread

c. blood spread to lung and liver

Question 17

Complications of Carcinoma of the mouth

Answer 17

1. Fixation of the tongue
2. Secondary bacterial infection
3. Haemorrhage
4. Cancer cachexia

Question 18

Ulcers of tongue

Answer 18

• T.B ulcer :

undermined edge

• Malignant ulcer :

Edges: Raised everted

Base: Indurated

Floor: necrotic