Lesion Terms
A flat lesion identified mainly by a color change.
What is a macule?
The first major white blood cell to arrive in acute inflammation.
What is a neutrophil?
Strawberry tongue and Pastia lines point to this infection.
What is scarlet fever?
This cyst is commonly attached to the crown of an unerupted tooth.
What is a dentigerous cyst?
The most common primary oral malignancy.
What is squamous cell carcinoma?
Gingival enlargement, bleeding, petechiae, and pallor should raise concern for this disorder.
What is leukemia?
A lesion less than 1 cm and filled with serous fluid.
What is a vesicle?
Redness and heat are mainly caused by this vascular change.
What is hyperemia?
Necrosis and cratering of interdental papillae are classic for this condition.
What is necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis?
A radiolucency scalloping between roots and found empty at surgery suggests this lesion.
What is a traumatic bone cyst?
A small exophytic lesion with fingerlike projections of squamous epithelium is this benign lesion.
What is papilloma?
Poor healing, candidiasis, and increased periodontal breakdown are associated with this systemic disease when poorly controlled.
What is diabetes mellitus?
This type of base means the lesion is attached by a stalk.
What is pedunculated?
mmunity involving B cells and antibody production.
What is humoral immunity?
A unilateral painful vesicular eruption following a trigeminal branch suggests this diagnosis.
What is herpes zoster?
A radiolucency in the anterior maxillary midline not associated with a nonvital tooth suggests this cyst.
What is a nasopalatine duct cyst?
A red oral patch with high malignant potential is called this.
What is erythroplakia?
Jaw radiolucencies with loss of lamina dura may be seen in this endocrine disorder.
What is hyperparathyroidism?
This diagnostic category depends mainly on history from the patient and family.
What is historical diagnosis?
The immunity type illustrated by maternal antibodies crossing to the fetus.
What is passive immunity?
Multiple painless gray-white oral mucous patches are most characteristic of this stage of syphilis.
What is secondary syphilis?
This odontogenic cyst is known for recurrence and often occurs in the posterior mandible.
What is an odontogenic keratocyst?
Cotton-wool jaw changes with elevated alkaline phosphatase suggest this disease.
What is Paget disease of bone?
Sharp electric shock-like facial pain triggered by light touch with normal dental findings suggests this diagnosis.
What is trigeminal neuralgia?
This radiographic term describes a lesion with compartments, often called soap-bubble-like.
What is multilocular?
This hypersensitivity type involves IgE and mast-cell degranulation.
What is Type I hypersensitivity?
A rare oral lesion of tuberculosis most often appears as this type of lesion.
What is a painful nonhealing ulcer?
This radiographic border term means sharply outlined and easy to trace.
What is well-circumscribed?
A painless unilateral bony enlargement with a ground-glass appearance suggests this lesion.
What is fibrous dysplasia?
The best imaging modality to directly evaluate the TMJ articular disc is this.
What is MRI?