Surgical Pathology of Growth of Jaws

Question 1

Steps of examining a lump?

Answer 1

1. Size, shape, colour
2. Where?
3. Single or multiple
4. How long has it been there?
5. Mobile or attached to underlying tissues?
6. Increasing in size?
7. Sessile or pedunculated?
8. Texture: Soft, firm, rubbery, fluctuant, bony hard
9. Overlying mucosa: Ulcerated, smooth, lobulated
10. Bleed? Pulsatile?

Question 2

Characteristic of Malignant Lesions

Answer 2

1. Fast growing
2. Indurated/firm
3. Irregular surface
4. More red and white on surface
5. Sometimes ulcerated
6. Bleeds easily

Question 3

Conditions

Answer 3

1. Squamous papilloma
2. Tori
3. Inflammatory lumps
4. Denture induced hyperplasia
5. Fibroma
6. Mucocele
7. Hemangioma