Chapter 12 Lecture 1 Soft tissue tumors Flashcards
What is the most common “tumor” of the oral cavity?
-Fibroma (Not a true tumor)
What is the most common location of a fibroma?
-Buccal mucosa along the bite line
Reactive hyperplasia of fibrous connective tissue in response to local irritation or trauma forms what?
-Fibroma
What is a fibroma?
-Reactive hyperplasia of fibrous connective tissue in response to local irritation or trauma forms what?
What is a sessile, asymptomatic, smooth-surfaced nodule that is similar in color to the surrounding mucosa most likely going to be that was caused from trauma?
-Fibroma
What is a fibrous tumor with distinctive feature not associated with chronic irritation?
-Giant cell fibroma
On the retrocuspid papilla (usually bilateral) it appears as another type of fibroma known as what?
-Giant cell fibroma (usually unilateral)
T/F Giant cell fibroma can have a papillary surface and be confused as a papilloma
True
What is a tumor-like hyperplasia of fibrous connective tissue?
-Inflammatory Fibrous Hyperplasia (histologic diagnosis)
What is the name for inflammatory fibrous hyperplasia in associated with the flange of an ill-fitting denture?
-Epulis Fissuratum (clinical diagnosis)
Where does Epulis fissuratum usually develop?
-facial aspect of the alveolar ridge (flange of an ill-fitting denture)
What causes inflammatory papillary hyperplasia?
- Ill-fitting denture
- Poor denture hygiene
- Wearing denture 24 hours a day
What is a reactive tissue growth that develops under a denture?
-Inflammatory papillary hyperplasia
Where does inflammatory papillary hyperplasia typically occur?
-Hard palate
What do most patients also have with inflammatory papillary hyperplasia?
-Candidal infection
