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| Defintion of Commissural Lip Pits |
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Definition
| Small mucosal invaginations occurring at corners of mouth on vermillion border, location suggesting they are due to failure of normal fusion of embryonal maxillary and mandibular processes |
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| Commissural Lip Pit found in adult ___ |
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| Clinical Features of Commissural Lip Pits |
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Definition
| Asymptomatic; unilateral/bilateral; pouches |
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| Commissural Lip Pits - histological features |
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Definition
Stratified squamous epithelium
(accessory salivary ducts may drain into) |
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| Treatment of Commissural Lip Pits |
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Definition
| Clinical diagnosis sufficient; no biopsy |
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| Prognosis of Commissural Lip Pits |
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| Redundant fold of tissue on mucosal side of lip |
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Term
| Double lip may be associated w/... |
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Definition
| Ascher syndrome or sucking on lip |
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Term
| Double lip: which lip most common? |
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Definition
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| Not usually necessary but can be excised for aesthetic purposes |
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| Definition of Fordyce Granules |
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Definition
| Sebaceous glands occurring on oral mucosa |
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Term
| Found in ___% of adult population |
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Definition
| 80 (considered normal anatomic variation) |
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| Histology of Fordyce Granules |
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Definition
| Identical to sebaceous glands w/out hair follicle; do not excrete product |
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| Treatment of Fordyce granules |
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Definition
Clinical diagnosis
No biopsy |
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| Prognosis of fordyce granules |
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Definition
Excellent
No treatment necessary |
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Definition
| diffuse, gray-white milk, opalescent appearance of mucosa which appears folded or wrinkled; may be pronounced on pigmented mucosa |
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Term
| Leukoedema location in oral cavity |
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Definition
Most common: bilaterally on buccal mucosa
May occur on mucosa of lip, floor of mouth or palatopharyngeal tissues |
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Term
| Leukoedema ___ when mucosa is stretched |
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Definition
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| Leukoedema may be more pronounced in... |
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Definition
| Smokers (recedes w/ cessation) |
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Term
| Leukoedema histologic features |
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Definition
| Thickening of surface epithelium w/ prominent intracellular edema of spinous cells; sometimes accompanied by parakeratosis & rete ridge prominence - NO DYSPLASIA! |
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| Leukoplakia occurs more in... |
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Definition
| Blacks (suggest likelihood of ethic predisposition) |
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| uncommon & has unknown cause |
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| Microglossia is associated with... |
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Definition
| Limb hypogenesis syndromes |
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Definition
| Depends on severity and nature of conditions |
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| Macroglossia may be caused by... |
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Definition
| Variety of diseases such as congenital malformations & acquired diseases (vascular and muscular hypertrophy) |
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| Macroglossia is present in... |
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Definition
| Down-syndrome, cretinism, Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome |
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| Macroglossia most commonly occurs in... |
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Definition
| Children (severe causes can produce airway obstruction) |
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| Macroglossia appearance... |
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Definition
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| Macroglossia treatment... |
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Definition
| developmental anomaly of tongue contains short, thick lingual frenum |
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Term
| Ankyloglossia leads to... |
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Definition
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| Ankyloglossia is __X more common in boys than girls |
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Definition
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Term
| Incidence in population of ankyloglossia |
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Definition
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Term
| Ankyloglossia Clinical features |
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Definition
| Minor (depends on severity) - eating, speech, tooth movement or perio health |
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Definition
Frenectomy
Often self-correcting & needs no treatment |
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| Lingual Thyroid definition |
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Definition
| clinically evident and/or symptomatic focus of thyroid tissue in the tongue |
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Term
| Path of descent taken by thyroid into neck |
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Definition
| Primitive thyroglossal tract |
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Term
| Where is the foramen cecum located |
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Definition
| midline of dorsal surface of tongue; junction of its anterior 2/3 and posterior 1/3 |
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Term
| In __% of cases, this is patient's only thryoid tissue |
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| Small nodular lesions to large masses (usually vascular) |
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| Most common symptoms of lingual thryoid |
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Definition
| Dysphagia, dysphonia, dyspnea |
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Term
| Up to ___ of patients have hypothyroidism |
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Definition
| 1/3 (lingual thyroid enlargement is compensatory to thyoid hypofunction) |
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Term
| Lingual thyroid histologic features |
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Definition
| Similar to normal thyroid tissue |
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Term
| Treatment/Diagnosis for lingual thyroid |
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Definition
Should never be removed
Perform thyroid scan w/ CT imaging
Incisal biopsy to confirm |
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Term
| Lingual thyroid symptomatic patients... |
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Definition
Suppressive therapy w/ supplement thyroid hormone can reduce size of lesion
Excision and transplantation |
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Term
| Fissured tongue definition |
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Definition
| exhibiting deep furrows or fissures on dorsal surface |
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Term
| Etiology of fissured tongue |
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Definition
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Term
| What percent of population has fissured tongue? |
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Definition
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Term
| Clinical features of fissured tongue |
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Definition
| fissured or deeply grooved gross appearance of varying severity on dorsum of tongue |
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Term
| Histologic features of fissured tongue |
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Definition
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| Treatment of fissured tongue |
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Definition
No biopsy
Clinical diagnosis
No treatment (maintain OH!) |
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| Prognosis of fissured tongue |
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