Diseases of Head & Neck 1

Terms	Definitions
odontoma	What is the most common odontogenic tumor?
Bacteria ferment sugars and produce acidic products which dissolves minerals in enamel	How do bacteria cause caries?
plaque and tartar	What causes gingivitis?
specific anaerobic and microaerophilic bacteria	What is the cause of periodontitis?
fibroma	What would you call this reactive fibrous papule from chronic irritation?
pyogenic granuloma	What would you call this benign tumor of reparative granulation tissue found in a pregnant woman?
peripheral giant cell granuloma	What tumor is a reactive gingival proliferation of giant cells and stroma?
mucocele, extravasation type	Following a traumatic injury to a minor salivary gland, mucin spills into the soft tissue, what is this called?
aphthous ulcer	What type of ulcer occurs during stress and is associated with inflammatory bowel disease?
vitamin deficiency (ex. iron)	What is the most common cause of atrophic glossitis?
HSV-1	What oral infection can cause acute herpetic gingivostomatitis in 10 to 20% of infected individuals?
HSV	What can cause recurrent stomatitis when pt is stressed, ill, immunosuppressed and usually heals within 10 days?
tzanck smear	What test is used to diagnose herpes?
candida albicans	What can over grow in immunosuppressed pts mouths and can be scraped off?
leukoplakia and erythroplakia	What are 2 precursors of squamous cell carcinoma in the mouth?
EBV	What is the cause of hairy leukoplakia?
hyperkeratosis	What is the clinical appearance of leukoplakia caused by?
candida will scrape off	How can you differentiate between candida and leukoplakia?
biopsy!	If you find a patch of white on a pts tongue that does not scrape off, what would be your next step?
floor of mouth, tip of tongue, roof of mouth, back of tongue	What are the most common sites for squamous cell carcinoma in the mouth?
squamous cell carcinoma	What cancer makes up 95% oral cancers and is associated with tobacco, alcohol, and HPV?
field cancerization	What phrase would you use to describe multiple primary tumors occurring individually over time?
malignant (oral squamous cell carcinoma)	Would this be characterized as malignant or benign?
dentigerous cyst	What would you call this type of cyst that originates around an unerupted tooth?
odontogenic keratocyst	What type of cyst is locally aggressive, with a high recurrence rate?
ameleoblastoma	What would you call a low grade malignant tumor from odontogenic epithelium?
nasal polyps	What can chronic rhinitis lead to other than superimposed bacterial infections that extend into sinuses?
β-hemolytic strep	What bacteria is mainly responsible for the symptoms in the picture?
rheumatic fever post-strep glomerulonephritis	What are 2 possible complications of strep infection?
nasopharyngeal angiofibroma	What tumor is exclusive in young males and causes frequent nose bleeds?
olfactory neuroblastoma	What is a small round blue cell tumor that arises from neuroendocrine cells?
nasopharyngeal carcinomas	What is the most frequent African childhood cancer?
EBV	Nasopharyngeal carcinomas are associated with what virus?
undifferentiated	What histological type of nasopharyngeal carcinoma is the most radiosensitive?
nasopharyngeal carcinoma	What tumor do you want to think of when a pt has squamous or undifferentiated carcinoma in cervical nodes without a known primary?
defect in the cilia lining the respiratory tract	What is kartagener syndrome?
mucormycosis	What fungal sinusitis is found in diabetics?
meningitis	What can bacterial sinusitis possibly progress to?
HPV 6, 11	What infection is associated with sinonasal papilloma?
inverted sinonasal papilloma	What type of benign tumors of squamous mucosa is the most aggressive and can be invasive with a higher recurrence rate?