17. • Leukoplakia is defined by the WHO as;
• “a white patch or plaque that cannot be
scraped off and cannot be
characterized clinically or pathologically
as any other disease.”
18. • Erythroplakia (red area), associated with a
greater risk of malignant transformation than
leukoplakia.
• 40 and 70 years, 2 : 1 male preponderance.
• Tobacco is the most common risk factor for
leukoplakia and erythroplakia.
21. the sites of origin of Sq C Ca of the oral
cavity, in numerical order of frequency
the favored locations are the ventral surface of
the tongue, floor of the mouth, lower lip, soft
palate, and gingiva
25. Odontogenic Cysts
• Epithelial-lined cysts are
common in the jaws
• derived from remnants of
odontogenic epithelium
present within the jaws.
• these cysts are;
1. inflammatory or
2. developmental
41. Warthin's Tumor
• Warthin's tumor
(benign papillary
cystadenoma
lymphomatosum)
• the second most
common benign
tumor of the parotid
gland
42. Mucoepidermoid Ca.
• MECs contain two major
elements:
• mucin-producing cells and
epithelial cells of the
epidermoid variety
• Divided into low-grade (well
differentiated), & High-grade
(poorly differentiated).
43. Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
• Adenoid cystic carcinoma
with Swiss cheese
pattern.
• It is the second-most
common malignant tumor
of the salivary glands.
• ACC is the most
common malignant tumor
found in the
submandibular,
sublingual, and minor
salivary glands.
44. Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
• Nerve (N) invaded by
adenoid cystic
carcinoma
(the blue area
surrounding the
nerve).
• Spread may occur by
emboli along the
nerve lymphatics
45. • Behcet's (beh-CHETS) disease, also called Behcet's
syndrome, is a rare disorder that causes inflammation in
blood vessels.
• The signs and symptoms of Behcet's disease — which
may include mouth sores, eye inflammation, skin rashes
and lesions, and genital sores — vary from person to
person and may come and go on their own.
• The exact cause of Behcet's is unknown, but it may be
an autoimmune disorder,
• Both genetic and environmental factors may be
responsible for Behcet's disease.
• Treatment aims to reduce the signs and symptoms of
Behcet's disease and to prevent serious complications,
such as blindness.
Editor's Notes
Common pathologic conditions of the oral cavity
Herpetology is the study of creepy critters, reptiles and amphibians. Herpetic vesicles “creep” over mucosal surfaces.
Like CMV and V-Z viruses, the various herpes viruses (mainly type 1 and 2) are, amazingly, in the “herpes” family of viruses.
Early lesions crop up as vesicles, after a few days, these vesicles can be irritated, ulcerated, inflamed, and secondarily pustulated.
Classically type 1 was predominantly oral mucosa, and the slightly nastier type 2 was more genital, but nowadays, crossover is so common, who cares any more?
The virus recurs often for many years, triggered off by god-knows-what, and the newer antiviral agents have shown amazing efficacy in preventing recurrences.
Just about everybody had been exposed to herpes of some type.
Herpes zoster (or simply zoster), commonly known as shingles and also known as zona, is a viral disease characterized by a painful skin rash with blisters in a limited area on one side of the body (left or right), often in a stripe.
Monilia, thrush-mouth, candida: they all mean the same thing. Look for a whitish oral film without much underlying inflammation (i.e., redness).
Common in babies, diabetics, immunocompromised people. Candida (almost always ablicans) always affects moist, usually non-keratinized, stratified squamous mucosa, i.e., mouth, vagina, moist genital skin areas. Everybody has it lying around waiting for an immunocompromised condition to occur.
Obscure etiology, 40% of us have had them, painful, and you can bet there are inflammatory cells at the base. You know what they are. You’ve had them.
Things related to them include: stress, fatigue, illness, injury from accidental biting, hormonal changes, menstruation, sudden weight loss, food allergies, and deficiencies in vitamin B12, iron, and folic acid (wikipedia). Whenever a condition is associated with LOTS of things, like this, we call this an “obscure” etiology ;)
Inflammatory endpoint or true neoplasm? Who cares? Often the terms “inflammatory” or “reactive” refers to this type of “fibroma”.
Granuloma or neoplasm or granulation tissue? Who cares?
A pyogenic granuloma pops out like a “tumor” and is 100% indistinguishable from normal granulation tissue, and looks nice and pink and healthy like granulation tissue, i.e., organizing inflammation, too. The least thing it can be called is a granuloma, because it rarely has clusters of macrophages or giant cells. Would you expect a pyogenic granuloma to “blanch” and a fibroma NOT to “blanch”? Answer: YES
“Hairy” leukoplakia however, is usually a sign of HIV.
Classical radiologic and histologic image of a dentigerous cyst.
Common pathologic conditions of the “non-accessory” salivary glands, i.e., submandibular (mixed), parotid (99% serous), sunlingual (99% mucinous).
Batsakis- pg 6
Viral parotitis, i.e., mumps
Mucocele of an accessory salivary gland duct, just a big cyst filled with mucin and lined by mucinous columnar epithelium, often inflamed and/or squamous metaplastic
The classic place for ANY visible parotid swelling or tumor to present, between the tip of the ear and the tip (angle) of the mandible.
Pleomorphic adenoma. A, Slowly enlarging neoplasm in the parotid gland of many years duration. B, The bisected, sharply circumscribed, yellow-white tumor can be seen surrounded by normal salivary gland tissue.
Mixed tumors are generally benign, have BOTH connective tissue (i.e., usually cartilagenous) components as well as glandular components, hence the name pleomorphic or mixed, they generally look and feel like little round soft cartilage balls.
Batsakis-Pg 6
Batsakis-Pg 8
Why is muco-epidermoid carcinoma a perfect name for this salivary gland malignancy?