Soft Tissue Lesions Children Flashcards
Presentation of leukodema
Diffuse, filmy, white wrinkled mucosa
Bilateral
Disappears when tissue is stretched
Asymptomatic
Location and origin of bohns nodules
Junction of hard and soft palate, or vestibular region
Epithelial remnants of minor salivary glands
Location and origin of Epstein pearls
Mid palatal raphe
Epithelium entrapment between palatal shelves
Treatment for dental lamia cyst
Spontaneously resolves, treatment not needed
Location of dental lamina cyst
Crest of alveolar ridge
Describe eruption cyst
Soft Fluctuant Sessile Dome shaped Translucent swelling Overlying erupting tooth May appear blue/blue black when filled with blood
Treatment of eruption cyst
Naturally marsupialises when tooth erupts through gingiva
If symptomatic, simple removal of roof of cyst
Effects of ankyloglossia
Breast feeding difficulties
Restriction of tongue movement
Gingival recession
Controversially, affect speech and malocclusion
2 year old with ankyloglossia has trouble speaking, what should you do
Send to speech therapist
Behaviour of infantile hemangioma
Rapid endothelial cell proliferation in first 3-5 months, rapid involution follows
Infantile vs congenital hemangioma
Congenital hemangioma fully developed at birth, grows proportionally with child vs rapid growth and involution of infantile
capillary malformation over time
Growth commensurately with child
Darkens, may become nodular
Venous malformation common location
Vermillion borders, tongue, face, ears
Describe venous malformation
Non pulsatile
Grow proportionately with child
Blanch under pressure
Easily compressible
What form of lymphatic malformation more common in oral cavity
Microcytic form
Common location for microcytic lymphatic malformation
Tongue, followed by buccal mucosa
Presentation of AV malformation
Warm, pulsatile
Factors that accelerate growth of vascular malformations
Trauma, puberty, pregnancy
Clinical presentation of congenital epulis
Smooth surfaced, mucosal coloured, single, firm, round, mass
Usually on anterior maxillary alveolar ridge
Treatment of congenital epulis
Surgical excision, recurrence unlikely