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| •DEVIATING FROM THE USUAL OR NATURAL TYPE |
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•CHARACTERIZED BY A LOSS OF DIFFERENTIATION OF CELLS AND THEIR ORIENTATION TO ONE ANOTHER
•CHARACTERISTIC OF MALIGNANT TUMORS |
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| •FRAGMENTS OF ABNORMAL IMMUNOGLOBULINS EXCRETED IN THE URINE OF PATIENTS WITH MULTIPLE MYELOMA |
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| •NOT LIFE THREATENING, NOT CANCEROUS, NOT MALIGNANT |
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•TUMOR THAT IS NOT MALIGNANT
•FAVORABLE FOR TREATMENT AND RECOVERY |
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| •MALIGNANT TUMOR OF THE EPITHELIUM |
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•DISORDERED GROWTH
•ALTERATION IN SIZE, SHAPE, AND ORGANIZATION OF ADULT CELLS |
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| •SURROUNDED BY A DENSE BAND OF FIBROUS CONNECTIVE TISSUE |
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| •COMPLETE SURGICAL REMOVAL WITHOUT CUTTING INTO THE LESION |
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| •MICROSCOPIC STAINING THAT IS MORE INTENSE THAN NORMAL |
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| •ABNORMAL INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CELLS IN AN ORGAN OR TISSUE |
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•AKA: ANTIBODY
•PROTEIN SYNTHESIZED BY PLASMA CELLS IN RESPONSE TO A SPECIFIC ANTIGEN |
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| •CONFINED TO THE SITE OF ORGAN WITHOUT INVASION OF NEIGHBORING TISSUES |
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| •INFILTRATION AND ACTIVE DESTRUCTION OF SURROUNDING TISSUES |
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•WHITE, PLAQUE-LIKE LESION OF THE ORAL MUCOSA THAT CANNOT BE WIPED OFF OR DIAGNOSED AS ANY OTHER DISEASE
•BIOPSY IS NECESSARY TO DIAGNOSE |
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•TENDING TO PRODUCE DEATH
•ABLE TO METASTASIZE
•CANCEROUS |
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•CANCER
•RESISTANT TO TREATMENT AND MAY CAUSE DEATH
•POTENTIAL FOR UNCONTROLLED GROWTH AND DISSEMINATION OR RECURRENCE |
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| •TRANSPORT OF NEOPLASTIC CELLS TO OTHER PARTS OF THE BODY AND ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW TUMORS |
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| •FORMED BY CELLS THAT HAVE BEEN TRANSPORTED FROM THE PRIMARY TUMOR SITE AND ARE NOT CONNECTED TO THE ORIGINAL TUMOR |
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| •TERM USED TO DESCRIBE DIVIDING CELLS CAUGHT IN THE PROCESS OF MITOSIS |
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•ELEVATION OF A SINGLE TYPE OF IG
•DETECTED BY A PROCESS CALLED IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS |
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•NEW GROWTH
•FORMATION OF TUMORS BY PROLIFERATION OF CELLS |
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•TUMOR
•NEW GROWTH OF TISSUE IN WHICH GROWTH IS UNCONTROLLED |
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| •PERTAINING TO THE FORMATION OF TUMORS |
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•BENIGN TUMOR CONSISTING OF MELANOCYTES
•CIRCUMSCRIBED, USUALLY PIGMENTED, CONGENITAL MALFORMATION OF THE SKIN OR ORAL MUCOSA |
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| •STUDY OF TUMORS OR NEOPLASMS |
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| •LESION THAT OCCURS ON THE GINGIVA OR ALVEOLAR MUCOSA |
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| •(CELLS OF MALIGNANT TUMORS) OCCURRING IN VARIOUS FORMS |
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•ORIGINAL TUMOR
•THE SOURCE OF METASTASIS |
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| •MALIGNANT TUMOR OF THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE |
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| •ATTACHED BY A BROAD BASE |
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•NEOPLASM
•SWELLING OR ENLARGMENT |
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•ABSENCE OF NORMAL DIFFERENTIATION
•ANAPLASIA
•CHARACTERISTIC OF SOME MALIGNANT TUMORS |
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| •RING OF LYMPHATIC TISSUE FORMED BY THE TWO PALATINE TONSILS, THE PHARYNGEAL TONSIL, THE LINGUAL TONSIL, AND INTERVENING LYMPHOID TISSUE |
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| •BENIGN TUMOR OF THE SALIVARY GLANDS |
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| WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A BENIGN TUMOR? |
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•WELL DIFFERENTIATED
•SLOW GROWTH
•MITOTIC FIGURES ARE RARE
•USUALLY ENCAPSULATED
•NO MEASTASIS |
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| WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A MALIGNANT TUMOR? |
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•WELL DIFFERENTIATED TO ANAPLASTIC
•SLOW TO RAPID GROWTH
•MITOTIC FIGURES MAY BE NUMEROUS
•INVASIVE AND UNENCAPSULATED
•METASTASIS IS LIKELY |
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| IF ORAL CANCER IS DETECTED EARLY, THERE IS A ____ CHANCE OF A ___________ |
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| •82% CHANCE OF A 5 YEAR SURVIVAL RATE |
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| NEOPLASIA IS NOT ALWAYS ____________ |
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| NEOPLASIA CELLS ARE ___________ AND THE PROLIFERATION IS ____________ |
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| WHAT ARE SOME CAUSES OF NEOPLASIA? |
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•CHEMICALS
•VIRUSES
•RADIATION
•CAN OCCUR SECONDARY TO A GENETIC MUTATION (SPONTANEOUS) |
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| BENIGN TUMORS MAY BE ____________ USUALLY WITH _______________ |
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•ENCAPSULATED
•FIBROUS CONNECTIVE TISSUE |
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| BENIGN TUMORS HAVE THE ABILITY TO INVADE _____________ BUT CAN'T _____________ |
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•ADJACENT TISSUES
•SPREAD TO DISTANT TISSUES |
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| BENIGN TUMORS ALMOST ALWAYS LOOK LIKE _________ |
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| THE PREFIX OF A TUMOR IS DETERMINED BY _________________ |
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•THE TISSUE OR CELL OF ORIGIN
•EX: LIPOMA (LIPO: FAT, OMA: TUMOR... BENIGN TUMOR OF FAT)
•EX: OSTEOMA (OSTEO: BONE, OMA: BENIGN TUMOR... BENIGN TUMOR OF BONE) |
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| THE SUFFIX OF A BENIGN TUMOR IS ALWAYS _____ |
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| -OMA (EXCEPT LYMPHOMA AND MELANOMA) |
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| TREATMENT OF A BENIGN TUMOR IS USUALLY: |
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•SURGERY
•RADIATION IF IT'S TOO BIG |
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| TREATMENT OF A MALIGNANT TUMOR IS: |
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•SURGERY
•RADIATION
•CHEMOTHERAPY |
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| RADIATION __________ THE TUMOR |
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| WHAT ARE THE TUMORS OF SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM? |
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•PAPILLOMA-SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS (MOST COMMON)
•PREMALIGNANT LESIONS
•SQUAMOS CELL CARCINOMA
•VERRUCUOS CARCINOMA
•BASAL CELL CARCINOMA |
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| WHAT ARE THE 3 TYPES OF EPITHELIAL TUMORS THAT OCCUR IN THE ORAL CAVITY? |
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•FROM SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM
•FROM SALIVARY GLAND EPITHELIUM
•FROM ODONTOGENIC EPITHELIUM |
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•BENIGN TUMOR
•SMALL EXOPHYTIC PEDUNCULATED OR SESSILE GROWTH
•CAUSE: HPV-VIRAL
•TREATMENT: SURGICAL REMOVAL |
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| WHAT ARE THE 3 PREMALIGNANT LESIONS? |
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•LEUKOPLAKIA
•ERYTHROPLAKIA
•EPITHELIAL DYSPLASIA |
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| WHAT ARE THE HIGH RISK AREAS FOR LEUKOPLAKIA? |
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•TONSILS
•LATERAL TONGUE
•BETWEEN HARD AND SOFT PALATE
•FLOOR OF THE MOUTH |
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•ORAL MUCOSA LESION APPEARING AS A SMOOTH RED PATCH OR A GRANULAR RED AND VELVETY PATCH
•90% OF CASES DEMONSTRATE EPITHELIAL DYSPLASIA OR SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA |
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•FREQUENTLY PRECEDES SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA
•DYSPLASIA IN NON-EPITHELIAL TISSUE IS NOT CONSIDERED PRE-MALIGNANT
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| •SEVERE DYSPLASIA INVOLVING THE FULL THICKNESS OF THE EPITHELIUM (BM TO THE EPIDERMAL LAYER) |
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| MALIGNANT TUMOR OF SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM |
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•MOST COMMON PRIMARY MALIGNANCY OF THE ORAL CAVITY
•CAN INFILTRATE AND DESTROY BONE |
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| CLINICALLY, A MALIGNANT TUMOR OF SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM USUALLY PRESENTS ITSELF AS __________________ |
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| •EXOPHYTIC ULCERATIVE MASS |
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•CAN OCCUR ANYWHERE IN THE ORAL CAVITY (MOST OFTEN ON THE FLOOR OF THE MOUTH, VENTROLATERAL TONGUE, SOFT PALATE, TONSILS, RETROMOLAR)
•CAUSED BY EXPOSURE TO SUN
•TREATMENT: USUALLY SURGERY, SOMETIMES CHEMO/RADIATION |
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| WHAT ARE THE RISK FACTORS OF SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA? |
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•TOBACCO (MOST SIGNIFICANT)
•ALCOHOL |
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| WHAT DOES 'TNM' STAND FOR? |
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•T - TUMOR (SIZE)
•N - NODE
•M - METASTASIS |
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•SLOW GROWING EXOPHYTIC TUMOR
•DOES NOT SHOW INVASION THROUGH THE BASEMENT MEMBRANE |
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•MALIGNANT SKIN NON-ORAL TUMOR CAUSED BY SUN
•NON-HEALING ULCER WITH ROLLED BORDERS
•TREATMENT: SURGICAL EXCISION - RARELY SPREADS |
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•BENIGN MIXED TUMOR
•90% OF ALL SALIVARY GLAND TUMORS
•PAINLESS
•MORE COMMON IN WOMEN
•EFFECTS WOMEN MORE THAN MEN |
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| WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON INTRA ORAL LOCATION FOR PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMAS? |
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| WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON EXTRA ORAL LOCATION FOR PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMAS? |
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| MALIGNANT TUMOR OF SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM |
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•MOST COMMON PRIMARY MALIGNANCY OF THE ORAL CAVITY
•CAN INFILTRATE AND DESTROY BONE |
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| •MALIGNANT SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR |
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| EPITHELIAL ODONTOGENIC TUMOR |
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•MOST ARE BENIGN
•MAY BE COMPOSED OF EPITHELIUM, MESENCHYME, OR BOTH |
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•MANDIBLE OR MAXILLA BUT LOWER JAW IS MOST COMMON
•MULTILOCULAR |
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| •AGGRESSIVE CYST KNOWN FOR RAPID GROWTH AND INVASION INTO TISSUES AND BONE |
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| ADENOMATOID ODONTOGENIC TUMOR |
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•ENCAPSULATED
•MANY ASSOCIATED WITH IMPACTED TEETH
•WELL CIRCUMSCRIBED RADIOLUCENCY - MAY HAVE RADIOPAQUE AREAS |
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| •BENIGN MESENCHYMAL TUMOR |
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| •COLLECTION OF NUMEROUS SMALL TEETH |
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| •MASS THAT DOES NOT RESEMBLE TEETH |
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| ODONTOMAS USUALLY OCCUR IN _______ |
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•BENIGN TUMOR OF MATURE FAT CELLS
•REQUIRES SURGICAL REMOVAL |
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| NEOROFIBROMAS AND SCHWANNOMA |
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•BENIGN TUMOR OF NERVE TISSUES
•NEEDS MICROSCOPIC DIAGNOSIS |
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•BENIGN TUMOR OF NERVE TISSUE
•LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TONGUE
•MOST LIKELY MESENCHYMAL
•"CUTANEOUS HORN" - DESCRIPTIVE, NOT DIAGNOSTIC |
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•BENIGN TUMOR OF NERVE TISSUE
•YOU ARE BORN WITH IT
•SESSILE OR PEDUNCULATED MASS ON GINGIVA |
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| •BENIGN TUMOR OF STRIATED MUSCLE |
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| •BENIGN TUMOR OF SMOOTH MUSCLE |
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•MALIGNANT TUMOR OF MUSCLE
•MOST COMMON MALIGNANT SOFT TISSUE TUMOR OF THE HEAD AND NECK IN KIDS |
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•COMMON VASCULAR LESION
•BENIGN NEOPLASM |
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| •BENIGN TUMOR OF LYMPHATIC VESSELS |
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•MALIGNANT VASCULAR TUMOR
•MAY ARISE IN MANY SITES (SKIN AND ORAL) |
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•TUMOR OF MELANIN-PRODUCING CELLS
•MOST OFTEN ON HARD PALATE OR BUCCAL MUCOSA
•MOST ARE BENIGN |
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•FROM SUN
•AGGRESSIVE TUMOR - UNPREDICTABLE |
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| •LARGE MASS ON MIDLINE OF PALATE |
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•SMALL NODULAR EXCRESCENCE OF NORMAL COMPACT BONE
•BONY HARD NODULES ON THE BUCCAL SURFACE OF THE ALVEOLAR RIDGES |
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•SHARPLY DILINEATED RADIOPAQUE MASS
•COMPONENT OF GARDNER'S SYNDROME
•BONE SWELLINGS - EXPANSION = MALIGNANT |
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•MOST COMMON PRIMARY MALIGNANT TUMOR OF BONE IN PATIENTS UNDER 40
•USUALLY DEADLY |
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•OVER PRODUCTION OF WBC
•DIVIDE INTO ACUTE AND CHRONIC |
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•MOST COMMON IN KIDS AND YOUNG ADULTS
•FOUND IN BONE MARROW TESTS |
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| WHAT ARE THE COMMON SYMPTOMS OF ACUTE LEUKEMIA? |
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•ANEMIA
•FEVER
•WEAKNESS
•LOSS OF APPETITE
•SWOLLEN LYMPH NODES |
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•CLINICAL PRESENTATION IS GRADUAL ENLARGEMENT OF LYMPH NODES
•MOST COMMON LOCATION: TONSILS |
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•OVER PRODUCTION OF PLASMA CELLS
•CAUSES DESTRUCTIVE LESIONS IN BONE
•CANCER OF PLASME CELLS
•MULTIPLE RADIOLUCENT LESIONS
•MANDIBLE MORE THEN MAXILLA |
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| METESTATIC TUMORS OF JAWS |
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•MOST FREQUENT SITE - MANDIBLE
•TREATMENT - CHEMO AND RADIATION
•RAPID GROWING |
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