Unit 2 - part 3 Flashcards
What is a keratin plaque which is a reaction to the sun?
Actinic Keratosis
Actinic Keratosis is often found in what areas of the head/neck?
bald guys heads
ala-traga zone
What condition is seen RARELY in the mouth and you NEED to biopsy it!
Pigmented Cellular Nevus
Are Basal Cell Carcinomas found in the oral cavity?
NO
Basal Cell Carcinomas are caused by the _____are _____ destructive and can go _____
sun
locally
deep
What condition, mostly affecting women, exhibits limited oral cavity opening with “botox” looking skin?
Scleroderma
Scleroderma is an ______ disease due to a over production of ______
autoimmune
collagen
What autoimmune disease is seen clinically as a skin rash with butterfly wing shape on the face?
Lupus Erythematosus
AIDS is caused by a ____virus which is transmitted _____?
retrovirus (HIV-1)
sexually (congenitally)
AIDS infects the _____ lymphocytes?
CD4 T-helper
What is the pathognomonic for AIDS?
Kaposi’s Sarcoma
What are 2 benign epithelial neoplasms?
Papilloma
Adenoma
Papillomas are attached how?
Thin stalk (pedunculated)
Papillomas are “___________” shape and have a ________ surface?
Cauliflower
Rough
What is a epithelial tumor of glandular origin?
Adenoma
What being in connective tissue tumor do we see OFTEN in clinic?
Fibroma
A fibroma has a _______ surface and attached by a _______ base?
Smooth
Broad (sessile )
What is the etiology of a fibroma?
Overgrowth of tissue due to chronic irritation
A fibroma is most often located?
Buccal mucosa (linea alba) and tongue
What is an example of a connective tissue hyperplasia or hypertrophy?
Epulis fissuratum
What causes a lipoma?
Fat cells becoming suspended in a connective tissue sac
What are the 3 names for a tumor of a neuron Schwann cell?
Schwannoma
Neurilemoma
Neurofibromas
A port wine stain is an example of a?
Hemangioma
What is a condition similar to a hemangioma but involves the lymph vessels?
Lymphangioma
What is the term for a malignant oral cancer?
Neoplasticism disease
If the oral cancer gets PAST the basement membrane it is termed a _______cancer?
Squamous cell carcinoma
What are the 2 major risk factors in the development of oral cancer?
Tobacco and alcohol use
If a oral cancer MEETS but DOESN’T go through the basement membrane it is called a ______ cancer?
Carcinoma in Situ
If you turn on an oncogene you therefore reduce cell —– and increase cell —— and —– of the cells?
Apoptosis (cell death)
Production
Motility (metastasis)
What is the most common site for oral cancer?
Posterior 1/3 sides of tongue
A melanoma in the lower lip is more worrisome than the upper lip? T/F
False
What type of lip is more susceptible to melanomas?
Multicolored lip
Melanomas are most commonly found on?
Dermis NOT mouth
The sides of the tongue are made up of what epithelium?
Lining Non-masticatory
The tongue is divided into an ant 2/3 and a post 1/3 by what structure?
Terminal sulcus and foremen cecum
What papilla are highly keratinized?
Filliform
What is the lesion of the tongue due to a fungal infection which leave the papilla denuded at the back of the tongue?
Median Rhomboid Glossitis
What is the term used for a broad and short lingual frenum?
Ankyloglossia (tongue tied)
What makes the appearance of a hairy tongue?
Elongated filiform papilla
What causes hairy tongue?
Normal flora destruction and fungus overgrowth
Hairy tongue can occur with a prolonged ______medication
Antibiotic
What is another name for geographic tongue
Benign migratory glossitis
Geographic tongue presents clinically as?
Red lesions with grey borders
Atrophic glossitis is a ______of papilla
Absence or loss
What causes strophic glossitis?
Yeast infection
b-vitamin deficiency
Anemia
What is the number 1 reason for pt complaint of “burning mouth”?
Low grade fungal infection
