6.8/9 path head neck Flashcards
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Virus associated with nasopharyngeal carcinoma
EBV
Vesicles with molding, intranuclear inclusions
HSV
Pseudohyphae
Candida albicans causing oral candidiasis
Broad, ribbon-like non septate hyphae
Mucormycosis
Hairy leukoplakia most commonly found in patients with
AIDS
Strawberry tongue
Scarlet fever
Koplik spots
Measles
Tonsilar hypertrophy
Mononucleosis
Pseudomembrane
Oral candidiasis
Diphtheria
Erythroplakia associated with patients who use
Tobacco
Most common head and neck cancers
Squamous cell carcinoma
SCC associated with what virus
HPV 16
Most common sites for SCC
Oral
1) floor of mouth
2) ventral sfc of tongue
3) soft palate and gingiva
4) base of tongue
SCC metastasis
First locally to cervical lymph nodes
Then to distant mediastinal lymph nodes, lungs, liver, bones
Histo of SCC
Eosinophilic cells and keratin bridges
Edematous mucosa with loose stroma and inflammatory cells
Nasal polyps
Pharyngitis and tonsillitis most severe in
Children
Immuno suppressed
Enlarged, pinpoint redness of exudate from tonsillar crypts
Follicular tonsillitis
Diabetic fungal infection most likely necrotic
Mucormycosis
Asian or Latin American
Extra nodal NK/T cell lymphoma that’s EBV+
Fruiting body
Aspergillosis
Septate branching at 45 degrees
Aspergillosis
Vascular neoplasm of adolescent males
Nasopharyngeal angiofibromas
Associated with familial adenomatous polyps
Nasopharyngeal angiofibromas