Bone pathology Flashcards

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What is a torus

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  • exostosis
  • torus palatinus = midline of palate
  • torus mandibularis = in mandible
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What is an exostosis

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defined as an extra growth of bone that extends outward from existing bone

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Where is tori mandibularis usually seen

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  • lingual aspect of mandible
  • premolar region
  • generally unproblematic unless px wants denture
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4
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How do osteogenesis imperfecta px present clinically

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weak bones
multiple fractures
sometimes associated with dentinogenesis imperfecta

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What is fibrous dysplasia

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  • due to gene defect
  • slow growing, asymptomatic bony swelling where bone is replaced by fibrous tissue
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How does fibrous dysplasia appear radiographically

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  • cotton wool appearance
  • ill defined margins which blend into bone
  • bone maintains approximate shape initially
  • becomes more radiopaque as the lesion matures
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What is rarefying osteitis

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  • localised loss of bone in response to inflammation
  • it is a process, not a pathology
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What causes rarefying osteitis

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  • inflammatory factors coming from necrotic pulp and resorb the apex
  • if at the apex of the tooth, consider PA periodontitis, periapical granuloma or periapical abscess
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What is sclerosising osteitis

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  • localised increase in bone density in response to low grade inflammation
  • most common around apex of a tooth with a necrotic pulp
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How does sclerosing osteitis present

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  • periapical radiopacity
  • often poorly defined
  • may eventually lead to external root resorption if chronic
    *also known as condensing osteitis
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What is idiopathic osteosclerosis

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  • localised increase in bone density of unknown cause
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Where is idiopathic osteosclerosis most common

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  • premolar/molar region of mandible
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How does idiopathic osteosclerosis present

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  • always asymptomatic
  • no bony expansion
  • no effect on adj structures
  • similar to sclerosising osteitis - vitality test and look out for symptoms
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What is alveolar osteitis aka

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dry socket
complication of XLA

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15
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What is alveolar osteitis due to

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clot being lost too early
should be recognised as part of healing process
leaves behind bony sequestra

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What are risk factors for alveolar osteitis

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  • smoking
  • OCP
  • difficult XLA
  • mandible
  • posterior
  • rinsing too soon
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What is the management of dry socket

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  • can use medicaments e.g alveogyl however can slow healing
  • best management = encourage healing and allow new clot formation
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What is osteomyelitis

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rare endogenous infection

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What is the theory surrounding the cause of osteomyelitis

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  • compound fracture creation when performing XLA which exposes the fracture to the air
  • can be acute or chronic
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What is supparative osteomyelitis

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  • source of infeciton = teeth e.g abscess
  • anaerobic predominate
  • mandible most ocmmon
  • vascular supply reduced
  • organisms proliferate in the marrow space - acute inflammatory reaction
  • necrosis and suppuration ensue
  • sequestreum may exfoliate or be removed surgically
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21
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What are the symptoms of acute osteomyelitis

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fever
malaise
swelling
pain
trismus

22
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What are symptoms of chronic osteomyelitis

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swelling
pain
chronic suppuration

23
Q

What are other causes of bony necrosis

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avascular necrosis - reduction of blood supply
irradiation

24
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What is brown’s tumour

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  • focal area of bone resorption results in formation of lesions called browns tumour
  • large number of multinucleate, osteoclast like giant cells are scattered in a highly cellular vascular fibroblastic connective tissue stroma
  • hemosiderin pigment present
25
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What is the radiographic appearance of browns tumour

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  • sharply defined round or oval radioluceny area
  • may appear mutlilocular
  • more common in mandible
26
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What are the 2 types of giant cell lesions

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peripheral giant cell epulis
central giant cell granuloma

27
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How does peripheral giant cell epulis present

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swelling on gingiva
may be a sole lesions
may be a central giant cell granuloma which bursts out of the bone and presents as a peripheral giant cell epulis

28
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Which age group is central giant cell granuloma most common in

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10-25 YO
most common in mandible

29
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How does central giant cell granuloma present

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  • may be multilocular
  • possible swelling of bone
  • tends to grow along length of the jaw so often gets quite large before becoming apparent
  • may thin, expand or perforate the cortex
  • teeth may be displaced and their roots resorbed
30
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How does a central giant cell granuloma appear histologically

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  • multinucleate osteoclast giant cells are present
31
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What is the differential diagnosis for giant cell lesions

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  • browns tumour
  • aneurysmal bone cyst
  • giant cell tumour
32
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What is cherubism

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  • rare condition
  • autosomal dominant inheritance
33
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How does cherubism present

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  • multicystic/multilocular lesions in multiple quadrants
  • painless swelling
  • lesions grow until 7 YO then regress
  • histologically: vascular giant cell lesion
34
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What will paget’s present with

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  • bony swelling - look for changes in facial profile and oclcusion
  • pain
  • nerve compression
  • motor and sensory disturbance if skull involved
35
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How does Paget’s present radiographically

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variable bone pattern
* changes as disease progresses
* osteoporotic/mixed/osteosclerotic
* can have cotton wool appearance
Dental changes
* loss of lamina dura
* hypercementosis
* migration

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What are reversal lines (Paget’s)

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  • junctions where there has been reversal of osteoclastic resorption to osteoblastic deposition
37
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What are complications of paget’s

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  • infection
  • MRONJ - px usually on implicated medication
  • tumour - rare complications = osteosarcoma and other bone tumours
38
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What is the main benign bone tumour

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osteoma

39
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How does osteoma present

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  • slow growth
  • excess growth of cortical bone
  • usually solitary but can have multiple
40
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What is the main malignant bone tumour

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  • osteosracoma
41
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How does osteosarcoma present

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  • rare in jaws
  • usually seen in younger px, if elderly, consider pagets
  • usually presents as swelling with pain adn paraesthesia
  • may be a giant osteoid sarcoma
  • often v active growth
42
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What is ossifying fibroma

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  • well demarcated, occasionally encapsulated benign neoplasm
43
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What is the clinical presentation of ossifying fibroma

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  • slow growing
  • wide age range
  • mainly mandible
  • radiologically well defined - may have calcium deposits
44
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How does ossifying fibroma present histolofically

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  • pretty much same as fibrous dysplasia
  • cellular fibrous tissue containing immature bone and acellular calcification
45
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What differentiates ossifying fibroma to fibrous dysplasia

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fibrous dysplasia does not have well defined margins, ossifying fibroma does

46
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What are the main 2 cementum lesions

A

cementoblastoma
cemento-osseous dysplasia

47
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What is cementoblastoma

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neoplasm attached to root
histologically same as osteoblastoma

48
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What is cementoosseous dysplasia unlikely to be

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neoplastic

49
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What are the 3 types of cemento-osseous dysplasia

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peripheral
focal
florid

50
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What is peripheral COD

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  • usually lower incisors effected (teeth are vital)
  • starts as well defined radiolucency resembling PA granuloma
51
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What is focal COD

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  • localised
  • no more than 1 in 1 area
52
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What is florid COD

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widespread