MENTAL DENTAL ORAL PATHOLOGY INBDE
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
VERIFIED AND 100% ACCURATE ANSWERS BRAND NEW
EXAM ALREADY GRADED (A+ PASS)
Cleft lip Ans✓✓✓80% unilateral 20% bilateral, defect between medial
nasal process and maxillary process, 1/1000 births
Cleft palate Ans✓✓✓•Approximately 1 in 2000 births
•Lack of fusion between palatal shelves
Lip pits Ans✓✓✓invaginations at commissures or near midline
Van der Woude= celfts+pits
Van der Woude Ans✓✓✓Cleft+ pits
Fordyce granules Ans✓✓✓ectopic sebaceous glands, on buccal mucosa
and/or lip
benign no treatment needed
Leukoedema Ans✓✓✓bilateral opacification of buccal mucosa, stretch
test will make it go away, no real significance
Lingual thyroid Ans✓✓✓thyroid tissue mass at midline of tongue base,
caused by incomplete decent of thyroid angle, may be pt's only thyroid
,LOCATED ON EMBRYONIC PATH OF THYROID DESCENT
Thyroglossal tract cyst Ans✓✓✓midline neck swelling due to cystic
change of remnants of thyroid tissue, LOCATED ON EMBRYONIC
PATH OF THYROID DESCENT
Macroglossia Ans✓✓✓can be caused by congenital
hyperplasia/hypertrophy, tumors (lymphangioma, vascular
malformation, neurofibroma, multiple granular cell tumors, salivary
gland tumors), endocrine abnormality, acromegaly, cretinism, infections
obstructing lymphatics, Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, macroglossia,
exophthalmos, gigantism, amyloidosis
Geographic tongue Ans✓✓✓benign migratory glossitis, erythema
migrans, pretty common,
White Annular(ringed) lesions surrounding central red islands and
migrate over time
occasional mild pain or burning, NO TX
Fissured tongue Ans✓✓✓pretty common, usually asymptomatic,
folds and furrows of tongue dorsum
associated with
Melkerson-Rosenthal syndrome
•Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome= fissured tongue + granulomatous
cheilitis + facial paralysis
,Melkerson Rosenthal syndrome Ans✓✓✓fissured tongue,
granulomatous cheilitis, facial paralysis
Mels Bells
Rosy red
Angioma Ans✓✓✓Tumors composed of blood vessels or lymph vessels
Hemangioma Ans✓✓✓
Exostoses/Tori Ans✓✓✓Excessive cortical bone growth
Congenital hemangioma Ans✓✓✓focal proliferation of capillaries,
most lesions undergo involution, persistent lesions are excised
Vascular malformation Ans✓✓✓persistent malformation of capillaries,
veins, and arteries, exhibits thrill (pulse when palpated) and bruit (pulse
that you can hear)
Sturge-Weber syndrome Ans✓✓✓encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis,
lesions involve skin along one of the branches of the trigeminal nerve,
leptomeninges of cerebral cortex may be involved by malformations,
leading to mental retardation and seizures
Lymphangioma Ans✓✓✓congenital focal proliferation of lymphatic
channels, can be associated with macroglossia
, Hygroma coli Ans✓✓✓lymphangioma in the neck
Dermoid cyst Ans✓✓✓mass in midline floor of mouth if above
mylohyoid muscle, mass in upper neck if below mylohyoid muscle
•Contains adnexal structures like hair and sebaceous glands
DOUGHY CONSISTNECY
Branchial cyst Ans✓✓✓epithelial cyst within lymph node of neck
LATERAL NECK SWELLING
Oral lymphoepithelial cyst Ans✓✓✓cyst within lymphoid tissue of oral
mucosa
counterpart of branchial cyst of neck, nodule commonly in soft palate,
oral floor, or lateral tongue
palatine and lingual tonsils commonly
Stafne (static) bone defect Ans✓✓✓diagnostic lucency of mand due to
invagination of lingual surface of the jaw (lingual cavity), located in
posterior mandible below IA canal, filled with submandibular gland
tissue
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
VERIFIED AND 100% ACCURATE ANSWERS BRAND NEW
EXAM ALREADY GRADED (A+ PASS)
Cleft lip Ans✓✓✓80% unilateral 20% bilateral, defect between medial
nasal process and maxillary process, 1/1000 births
Cleft palate Ans✓✓✓•Approximately 1 in 2000 births
•Lack of fusion between palatal shelves
Lip pits Ans✓✓✓invaginations at commissures or near midline
Van der Woude= celfts+pits
Van der Woude Ans✓✓✓Cleft+ pits
Fordyce granules Ans✓✓✓ectopic sebaceous glands, on buccal mucosa
and/or lip
benign no treatment needed
Leukoedema Ans✓✓✓bilateral opacification of buccal mucosa, stretch
test will make it go away, no real significance
Lingual thyroid Ans✓✓✓thyroid tissue mass at midline of tongue base,
caused by incomplete decent of thyroid angle, may be pt's only thyroid
,LOCATED ON EMBRYONIC PATH OF THYROID DESCENT
Thyroglossal tract cyst Ans✓✓✓midline neck swelling due to cystic
change of remnants of thyroid tissue, LOCATED ON EMBRYONIC
PATH OF THYROID DESCENT
Macroglossia Ans✓✓✓can be caused by congenital
hyperplasia/hypertrophy, tumors (lymphangioma, vascular
malformation, neurofibroma, multiple granular cell tumors, salivary
gland tumors), endocrine abnormality, acromegaly, cretinism, infections
obstructing lymphatics, Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, macroglossia,
exophthalmos, gigantism, amyloidosis
Geographic tongue Ans✓✓✓benign migratory glossitis, erythema
migrans, pretty common,
White Annular(ringed) lesions surrounding central red islands and
migrate over time
occasional mild pain or burning, NO TX
Fissured tongue Ans✓✓✓pretty common, usually asymptomatic,
folds and furrows of tongue dorsum
associated with
Melkerson-Rosenthal syndrome
•Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome= fissured tongue + granulomatous
cheilitis + facial paralysis
,Melkerson Rosenthal syndrome Ans✓✓✓fissured tongue,
granulomatous cheilitis, facial paralysis
Mels Bells
Rosy red
Angioma Ans✓✓✓Tumors composed of blood vessels or lymph vessels
Hemangioma Ans✓✓✓
Exostoses/Tori Ans✓✓✓Excessive cortical bone growth
Congenital hemangioma Ans✓✓✓focal proliferation of capillaries,
most lesions undergo involution, persistent lesions are excised
Vascular malformation Ans✓✓✓persistent malformation of capillaries,
veins, and arteries, exhibits thrill (pulse when palpated) and bruit (pulse
that you can hear)
Sturge-Weber syndrome Ans✓✓✓encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis,
lesions involve skin along one of the branches of the trigeminal nerve,
leptomeninges of cerebral cortex may be involved by malformations,
leading to mental retardation and seizures
Lymphangioma Ans✓✓✓congenital focal proliferation of lymphatic
channels, can be associated with macroglossia
, Hygroma coli Ans✓✓✓lymphangioma in the neck
Dermoid cyst Ans✓✓✓mass in midline floor of mouth if above
mylohyoid muscle, mass in upper neck if below mylohyoid muscle
•Contains adnexal structures like hair and sebaceous glands
DOUGHY CONSISTNECY
Branchial cyst Ans✓✓✓epithelial cyst within lymph node of neck
LATERAL NECK SWELLING
Oral lymphoepithelial cyst Ans✓✓✓cyst within lymphoid tissue of oral
mucosa
counterpart of branchial cyst of neck, nodule commonly in soft palate,
oral floor, or lateral tongue
palatine and lingual tonsils commonly
Stafne (static) bone defect Ans✓✓✓diagnostic lucency of mand due to
invagination of lingual surface of the jaw (lingual cavity), located in
posterior mandible below IA canal, filled with submandibular gland
tissue
