Developmental Lesions

Question 1

Fordyce Granules

what

Answer 1

• Sebaceous glands on oral mucosa
• Yellow plaques/granules
• Most common on buccal mucosa and upper lip vermillion

Question 2

Leukoedema

What

often in

key

Answer 2

• Intracellular edema of cells
• Often in african americans
• Bilateral on mucosa
• Key- area dissapears with pulling of mucosa
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Question 3

Varices

Answer 3

• On lip and under tongue
• Seen in elderly
• Dilated blue veins
• Lip varices may thrombose and calcify

Question 4

Geographic Tongue

(Erythema Migrans)

Apperance and what causes it

Answer 4

• Red and white
  
  • Red- atrophy of filliform paillae
  • White- keratin cell debris
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Question 5

Physiologic Pigmentation

Racial Pigmentation

Answer 5

• Common in darker skin
• Darkens with time
• Series of splotchy brown macules

Question 6

Ankyloglossia

what causes it

Answer 6

• Congenital abnormality
• short ligual frenum
• tongue tied

Question 7

Cleft Lip

Defect btw

Answer 7

• Unilateral(80%) or bilateral (20%)
• Defect btw medial nasal process and max process

Question 8

Cleft Palate

Lack of

Answer 8

• Lack of fusion btw palatal shelves