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Three types of exogenous pigmentation

tattoos


heavy metals (lead, silver, bismuth)


drug-related- antimalarails, minocycline, estrogen, laxatives, tranquilizers, AIDS-related meds, others)

Physiological pigmentation

racial pigmentation


-normally symmetric and affects gingiva


(endogenous)

Smoker's melanosis

increased melanin production for protection


- affects anterior facial gingiva


- will disappear after quitting


(endogenous)

Ephelis

(freckle)


first appear in childhood and become less prominent with time


- more prominent after sun exposure


(endogenous)

Actinic Lentigo

aka solar lentigo, age spots, liver spots


- irregular brown macule(s) from chronic UV damage


- often on hands, arms, face


- no treatment necessary (do not become malignant)

Oral Melanotic Macule

- solitary, well-demarcated, uniformly pigmented, brown macule often found on lip (but can be anywhere intraorally)


- some appear blue or black


- biopsy to rule out melanoma; otherwise remove for esthetics

Oral Melanoacanthoma

Benign, reactive, darkly pigmented, flat or slightly rasied lesion on buccal mucosa


- biopsy to rule out melanoma; otherwise no treatment


- often in black females


- normally larger than oral melanotic macules, and normally on buccal mucosa not the lip (also reactive not from sun exposure)

Acquired Melanocytic Nevus

aka mole


most common intraoral nevus


- most are on gingiva or palate, but not papillary like skin nevi


- must biopsy to rule out melanoma

Blue nevus

2nd most common nevus seen in mouth


- seen more frequently in children and young adults


- blue macule almost always on palate


- biopsy to rule out melanoma

Melanoma

brown to black macule with irregular borders (20% are barely pigmented)


- acral lentiginous subtype is most common intraorally


- poor prognosis



What syndromes have pigmentation associated with them? (4)

Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome


McCune-Albright Syndrome


Addison's Disease


Neurofibromatosis





Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome

Uncommon syndrome characterized by intestinal polyposis and dark, freckle-like lesions of the extremities and periorificial areas


- increased risk of adenocarcinoma, and tumors in various organs


- dark macules of the lips, buccal mucosa and tongue

McCune-Albright Syndrome

-Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia


- Cafe-au-lait pigmentations with rough borders


- Multiple endocrinopathies


- may have oral pigmented macules

Addison's Disease

(hypoadrenocorticism)


- don't produce enough cortisol from destruction of adrenal cortex, or decreased production of ACTH


- fatigue, irritability, depression, hypotension


- diffuse brown macules on oral mucosa (often first presentation of disease)

Neurofibromatosis

- neurofibromas


- cafe-au-lait macules with smooth borders)


- optic gliomas


- Lisch nodules


- bony lesions


- axillary freckling

end of lecture 1

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What do Vesiculobullous Dz's affect?

speech, nutrition, oral hygiene




(present similar to ulceration and desquamative gingivitis)

Erythema Multiforme (EM)

- presents as ulcerative, "blood crusted" lips and target lesions on skin





What causes Erythema Multifome?

auto-immune, or allergy to drugs (sulfonamides, barbituates, or PCN)




or infection with HSV, mycoplasma, pneumonia

What is Erythema Multiforme (EM) called when there is involvement of the lips, eyes and genitals?

Stevens-Johnsons syndrome

What is EM called when there is sloughing of large amounts of skin & mucosa?

Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN) / Lyell's Disease

How to treat EM?

corticosteroids




sometimes antivirals before corticosteroids

Pemphigus


frequency


age


antibodies to:


blister:


Nikolsky sign


Immunofluorescence


Mucosa involvement


Histology


Tx


Prognosis

Vulgaris


- rare


- younger pts (middle age)


-desmosomes (desmoglein 3)


- intraepithelial (superficial)


- yes to Nikolsky


- circular IF


- common mucosal involvement


- tombstone appearance


- steroids and immunosuppressants


- die without treatment

Pemphigoid


frequency


age


antibodies to:


blister:


Nikolsky sign


Immunofluorescence


Mucosa involvement


Histology


T


xPrognosis

Bullous pemphigoid


common


older pts


hemidesmosomes


subdermal (deep)


linear IgB IF


rare mucosal involvement


floating histology


steroids


decent prognosis, you will be okay

Lichen Planus. what is it?

common inflammatory disease


- white striae (Wickham's striae), white plaques, desquamative gingivitis


- skin lesions: purple, polygonal, papules

Chronic Ulcerative Stomatitis

-clinically similar to lichen planus


- non-responsive to treatment


- unique DIF pattern

Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB)

inherited disorder


- causes blistering and scarring (hemorrhagic bullae)


- young age


- defect in attachment of epithlial cells

Three types of Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB)

1. Simplex


- mild. mutation in genes for keratin 5, 14


2. Junctional


- severe/fatal. Skin sloughing. gene mutation encoding laminin, integrin, Type 17 collagen


- dental abnormalities


3. Dystrophic


- type 7 collagen defeicit


- presents with oral lesions

Dental abnormalities seen in Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB)

- microstomia


- increased caries


mitten deformity of hands



EB histo

1. Simplex: Intraepithelial clefting


2. Junctional- Subepithelial clefting


3. Dystrophic- Subepithelial clefting

Epidermolysis Bullosa ACQUISITA (EBA)

same name and clinical features as EB, but has self antigen attack




EB has no encoding for specific proteins

end of lecture 2

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Lymphoid hyperplasia

-reactive enlargement of lymphoid tissue in response to an antigen


- this includes, acute lymphadenopathy (tender, freely moveable lymph nodes) chronic (ton-tender, rubbery, freely moveable lymph nodes), enlarged tonsils, and intraoral lymphoid hyperplasia (discrete, non-tender swelling in mouth)

Hemophilia A

deficiency of factor 8


- pt's have abnormal PTT


- will have uncontrolled bleeding and hemarthrosis

Hemophilia B

aka Christmas disease


- deficiency of factor 9


- clinically similar to hemophila A



Von Willebrand's Disease

-Abnormal bleeding time and PTT


- cutaneous and mucosal bleeding (GI, epistaxis), menorrhagia



Sickle Cell Anemia

- disorder of hemoglobin synthesis


- abnormal beta-globin chain causes sickling of RBC


puts pt at increased risk of osteomyelitis, asymptomatic pulpal necrosis, and prolonged paresthesia


- will have "hair-on-end" appearance in lateral skull radiograph

Thalassemia

Group of inherited disorders of hemoglobin synthesis affecting either alpha or beta globin chains


Thal. minor is not clinically significant


Thal. major- large spleen, bone marrow hyperplasia, frontal bossing, lymphadenopathy, "hair-on-end" appearance in radiograph

Aplastic Anemia

-hematopoeitic stem cells do not produce adequate numbers of blood cells


- likely to have gingival hemorrhage and petechiae

Neutropenia

-decrease in the number of circulating neutrophils to less than 1500/mm^3


- oral ulcerations without erythematous halo

Agranulocytosis

absence of cells of the granulocytic series


- leads to deep, punched out ulcerations, NUG-like lesions



Cyclic Neutropenia

Rare, idiopathic disorder characterized by episodes of neutropenia lasting 3-5 days and recurring every 18-21 days


- typically presents in childhood


- ulcerations with or without red halo, often have severe perio disease too

Thrombocytopenia

below 150,000 platelets/mm^3


- can be from drugs, malignancy, SLE, HIV, TTP, ITP


- often detected by oral lesions (petechiae, ecchymoses, hematomas)

Leukemia

malignancy of hematopoeitic stem cells


- myeloid or lymphoblastic/lymphocytic, acute or chronic


- petechiae, spontaneious gingival hemorrhage, canddiasis, loosening of teeth


- osteolysis of bone on radiograph (may mimic periapical pathology)

Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis

proliferation of Langerhans cells


may have loosening of teeth or a gingival mass


three types:


Monostotic/Polystotic- bone lesions (no visceral involvement, good prog.)


Chronic disseminated histiocytosis- (hand-Schuller-Christian disease)- involves bone, viscera, and skin, bad prog.


Acute disseminated histiocytosis- (letterer-Siwe disease)- prominent skin, visceral, and bone marrow involvement, affects infants, poor prog.

Hodgkin Lymphoma

Malignant lymphoproliferative disorder of Redd-Sternberg cells


- lymphadenopathy, oral involvent is rare

Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas

oral findings common


- non-tender, diffuse, boggy swelling of hard palate or alveolar process


- mass in lymph node, or sometimes extranodal

Burkitt's Lymphoma

African Burkitt's- associated with EBV


-affects mainly children, normally jaws


American Burkitt's- 20% associated with EBV


- often abdominal mass, but can affect jaws




rapid growing tumor that can lead to destruction of alveolar bone

Angiocentric T-Cell Lymphoma

a rare neoplasm that aggressively destroys midline structures of the palate and nasal fossa


- pt will have nasal stuffiness and pain


- swelling of soft and hard palate followed by destruction by a deep, necrotic ulcer

Plasmacytoma

neoplasm of plasma cells in bone or soft tissue


- well-delineated, soft, non-tender mass.


- will have swelling, pain, loosening of teeth


(basically just a tumor that can occur in mouth)


- well-defined or ragged unilocular radiolucency

Multiple Myeloma

Cancer of plasma cells. (multiple masses; when only one mass is present it is called plasmacytoma).


- typically older, black, males.


- multiple, punched-out or ragged radiolucencies (on lateral film, also jaw typically involved)


- poor prognosis

Graft-vs-Host Disease

develops in recipients of bone marrow transplant


- Acute GVHD- within 100 days of transplant (presents as rash on skin, and/or sloughing)


- Chronic GVHD- more than 100 days after transplant


oral lesions: may resemble lichen planus


- burning sensation


- xerostomia common

End of lecture 3

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Ectodermal Dysplasia

-dysplasia, or aplasia of skin, hair, nails, teeth, and/or sweat glands


- Hypohidrotic ED is best known type (x linked)


- pt's will have oligodontia or hypodontia, abnormal shaped crowns, and xerostomia

White Sponge Nevus

aka Cannon's Disease


- inheritied skin disorder characterized by a keratin defect.


- shows up at birth or early childhood


- will have asymptomatic, bilateral, thick, corrugated plaques often on buccal mucosa


- no treatment

Hereditary Benign Intraepithelial Dyskeratosis

keratinization disorder affecting a tri-racial isolate of people from north carolina


- lesion develop during childhood


- thick, corrugated white plaques on the buccal and labial mucosae (other sites too potentially)


- also may have thick opaque plaque in eye


-no treatment for oral lesions

Dyskeratosis Congenita

Oral lesions


- start as bullae then erode to form leukoplakic lesions which are premalignant


- also have abnormal skin pigmentation

Xeroderma Pigmentosum

Rare skin condition caused by a defect in DNA repair


- Squamous cell carcinomas of lower lip and tip of tongue are common

Darier's Disease

aka Keratosis Follicularis


- inherited condition affecting the skin, mucous membranes, and nails


- leads to multiple yellow to brown "greasy" crusted papules all over body. worsen in summer and may be itchy


- will have flat-topped papules on hard palate and alveolar mucosa (may resemble IPH or nicotine stomatitis)


- may have parotid enlargement

Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia

aka Osler-Weber-Rendu Syndrome


- hereditary disorder characterized by telangiectasias and other vascular malformations


- pts. have numerous small red lesions on skin and mucous membranes


- oral lesions often on lips, tongue, and buccal mucosa


- epistaxis (nose bleed) is common


- can develop fistulas in lungs, liver or brain

Tuberous Sclerosis

Uncommon disease characterized by benign tumors and hamartomas of the CNS, skin, and other organs, with mental retardation, and seizures (look like moles all over the body in pictures)


Oral-


- enamel pitting


- fibrous papules


- diffuse gingival enlargement


- intraosseous fibrous proliferation

Multiple Hamartoma Syndrome

aka Cowden Syndrome


- Inherited syndrome characterized by multiple hamartomas of the skin, breast, thyroid, GI, GU, and brain due to mutation in the PTEN gene.


- multiple papules of the skin, common around mouth, nose and ears


- 80% will have papules of the gingiva, dorsal tongue, and buccal mucosa

Erythema Migrans


(aka?)

Geographic tongue, Benign Migratory Glossitis


- Common, benign condition characterized by multiple, well-demarcated atropic patches which primarily affect the tongue but may be seen elsewhere


-treatment: none. if symptomatic, treat with topical corticosteroids and avoid trigger foods

Reiter's Syndrome

-Immunologically-mediated condition with a classic triad of non-gonococcal urethritis, arthritis, and conjunctivitis


- mostly young males


- may have Balanitis circinata- skin lesions of glans penis


- some pt's will have erythematous lesions on the buccal mucosa or palate, and/or painless shallow ulcers


- no treatment, lesions often regress spontaneously

Psoriasis

Common chronic, inflammatory skin disease characterized by increased proliferative activity of keratinocytes


- Symmetrical, well-demarcated, salmon-colorplaques with silvery-white scales that wax and wane. get better with sun exposure


- Auspitz's sign- punctate bleeding spots when lesions are wiped off


- Oral lesions rare, but should parallel skin lesions


Histo: elongated rete ridges, and neutrophilic microabscesses

Lupus Erythematosus

The most common "collagen vascular" disease in the U.S.


3 main types:


- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)


- Chronic Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus (CCLE, Discoid Lupus)


- Subacute Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus (SCLE)




Treatment: avoid sun exposure, NSAIDS, antimalarials, immunosuppressive drugs


- topical corticosteroids for oral and cutaneous lesions



SLE

-Characteristic, photosensitive, malar rash


- if have oral lesions will be non-specific (lichenoid, ulcerative, desquamative gingivitis)

CCLE

Oral lesions are clinically identical to erosive lichen planus

SCLE

Skin lesions are the most prominent

Systemic Sclerosis

aka Scleroderma


- autoimmune condition resulting in desne deposition of collagen in various tissues/organs


- mostly females, adult onset


- Raynaud's phenomenon (episodes wehre fingers, toes white/blue from reduced blood flow)


- resorption of distal phalanges, ulceration of fingertips


- "mask-like" or "mouse" facies


- fibrosis of the lungs, heart, kidneys, and GI tract can lead to organ failure


- Oral: microstomia, ankyloglossia, dysphagia and xerostomia


- widening of PDL on radiograph, and resorption of psoterior ramus, coronoid process and/or condyle


- prog. poor

CREST syndrome

-May represent a mild variant of scleroderma


- Calcinosis cutis (calcium deposits in the skin), Raynaud's phenomenon, esophageal strictures, Sclerodactyly, and Telangiectasia

Follicular Cysts of the Skin

aka Epidermoid cyst, pilar cyst


- Epidermoid cyst most common


- Nodular, fluctuant, keratin-filled cyst that arises from the hair follicle epithelium, frequently following trauma or inflammation


- common in acne-prone sites


- Multiple epidermoid cysts are seen in pt's with Gardner syndrome

end of lecture 4

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Mucopolysaccharidosis

lack of enzyme to process GAGs


- often leads to mental retardation, course facial features, stiff joints, corneal clouding, macroglossia, gingival hyperplasia




example: Hunter Syndrome, Hurler syndrome




treatment: replace deficient enzyme

Hunter Syndrome

nodular skin lesions, hypertrichosis, deafness, pulmonary hypertension




(type of mucopolysaccharidosis)

Hurler Syndrome

gargoylism: hypertelorism, depressed nasal bridge, macroglossia, wide-spaced teeth, dwarf stature

Lipid Reticuloendothelioses




what are the three?

lipid storage diseases (inherited, prominent in Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry)




Gaucher


Niemann-Pick


Tay-Sachs

Gaucher Disease

-most common lipid reticuloendothelioses


- lack of glucocerebrosidase


- macrophages are nonfunctional, accumulate in bone marrow


- bone pain, hepatosplenomegaly


- mandible may show ill-defined radiolucency

Niemann-Pick Disease

- accumulation of sphingomyelin or defective cholesterol processing


- 2 types:


1. Neuronopathic- retardation, spasticity, hepatosplenomegaly death within first two decades


2. Visceral- hepatosplenomegaly, survive into adulthood

Tay-Sachs Disease

some forms mild, survive into adulthood


- severe infantile form shows progressive neuronal degeneration, blindness, retardation, death in first decade

Jaundice

- accumulation of bilirubin in tissue causing yellow discoloration (especially eyes)




- increased serum bilirubin leads to hemolytic anemias, liver disease




-causes: alcoholic cirrhosis, hep B, malignancy, hepatotoxic drugs

Amyloidosis

extracellular deposition of proteinaceous material


- seen most often in older males


- systemic form most often presents with oral changes


- macroglossia hepatosplenomegaly, fatigue


- use rectal mucosal & labial salivary gland biopsy to diagnose

Vitamin A deficiency

blindness, dryness of skin, poor wound healing

Vit B1 (thiamin) deficiency

Beriberi, Wernicke's encephalopathy- mental deterioration, vomiting

Vit. B2 (Riboflavin) deficiency

Glossitis, cheilitis, sore throat, mucosal edema, erythema, normocytic, normochromic anemia, seborrheic dermatitis of skin

Vit. B3 (Niacin) deficiency

Pellagra- dermatitis, diarrhea, dementia, death. dermatitis develops in sun-exposed areas. tongue- red, smooth, and raw

Vit. C deficiency

Scurvy, poor wound healing, perio dz, scorbuitic gingivitis (gingival ulceration and bleeding)

Vit D deficiency

defective skeletal development; loss of lamina dura and fibrous dysplasia-like appearance in radiographs ("ground-glass" radiodensity)

Vit. K deficiency

gingival bleeding

Iron Deficiency Anemia

most common anemia, females more than males


- fatigue, palpitations


- angular cheilitis, atrophic glossitis, mucosal atrophy



Plummer-Vinson Syndrome

Iron deficiency, glossitis, dysphagia (esophageal webs)


- Scandinavian women, 30-50 yrs


-spoon shaped nails


-premalig. process, increased incidence oral and esophageal SCC

Pernicious anemia

malabsorption of Vit. B12 (lack of intrinsic factor)


- older northern europeans


- patchy areas of mucosal erythema & atrophy

Pituitary Dwarfism

anterior pit. does not release enough GH


- small stature


- small maxilla and mandible


- delayed tooth eruption


- tooth size is reduced proportionally to skeletal size

Acromegaly

excess GH secretion


- Post epiphyseal plate closure


- most due to secretory adenoma of pituitary


- often have diabetes, coarse facies, mandibular prognathism, macroglossia, diastema

Hypothyroidism

decrease thyroid hormone


- failure of normal growth, Cretinism in infants, Myxedema in adults


- lethargy, dry skin, thick lips, tongue enlargement


- delayed eruption of teeth


- low levels of T4

Hyperthyroidism

aka Grave's Disease


- exoptthalmos, enlarged thyroid


- thyroid storm


- treatment: radioactive iodine (destroys gland), surgery

Hypoparathyroidism

reduced PTH: aka DiGeorge Syndrome, endocrine-candidiasis syndrome




-delayed tooth eruption


- low calcium levels in blood (since not enough PTH to tell it to leave bones)


Chvostek's sign: upper lip twitches when facial nerve is tapped below zygomatic process


- Treatment: Vit. D precursor, calcium supplement

Hyperparathyroidism

- chronic high serum calcium in primary


- low serum calcium in secondary (failing kidney, not converting vit. D to active form)


- Stones, bone, abdominal groans


- resorption of phalanges, and loss of lamina dura

Cushing's Syndrome

adrenal hypercorticalism (chronic high cortisol levels)


- Moon faces, hirsuitism, poor wound healing, abdominal striae, osteporosis


- hypertension, depression, muscle wasting, hyperglycemia

Addison's Disease

adrenal hypocorticalism (low cortisol)


- Autoimmune destruction of adrenal gland


- orally, diffuse patchy brown pigmentation from excess melanin production


- Treatment: steroid replacement therapy

Diabetes Mellitus

most manifestations associated with type I (insulin dependent diabetes mellitus)


- xerostomia


- gingivitis, perio dz


- poor healing


- sialadenosis- enlarged parotid glands


- oral candidiasis

Hypophosphatasia

rare, metabolic bone disease


- reduced alkaline phosphatase


- bone changes resemble rickets


-premature exfoliation of primary and perm. teeth (they have reduced cementum)

Vitamin D-resistant Rickets

more males (x-linked), short stature, bowing of legs


- large pulp chambers, pulp frequently non-vital

Crohn's Disease

Chronic granulomatous inflammatory dz along all GI tract


- teenagers, Jewish ancestry


- abdominal cramping, nausea, diarrhea, malnutrition


- orally: cobblestone appearance, linear ulcerations; IFH-like, granulomatous ulcers

Pyostomatitis Vegetans

unusual expression of inflam. Bowel dz, crohn's dz, or ulcerative colitis




- orally: yellowish elevated linear pustules


- "snail trail" ulcerations

Uremic Stomatitis

complication of renal failure


- increased urea in blood, saliva


- leads to painful oral crusts and plaques on buccal mucosa, tongue & FOM


- ammonia or urine odor on breath


- delayed clotting