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Fordyce spots are enlarged sebaceous glands that can occur on various body
parts such as the lips, oral mucosa, penis, and, labia.
• AETIOLOGY
• UNKNOWN
• MAY INHERITED
• DIAGNOSIS:
• CLINICAL APPEARANCE TREATMENT
• NO SPECIFIC TREATMENT.
• BRUSH THE TOP SURFACE OF TONGUE (OH)
• ANALGESIC MW WITHOUT ALCOHOL
FISSURE TONGUE
Diagnosis
Clinical examination
Can be scraped off
Treatment
■ Brushing or scraping the tongue
■ Rinse with peroxidase or sodium bicarbonate MW
■ Treat the underlying factors
BLACK HAIRY TONGUE (HAIRY TONGUE)
• MELANIN INDUCED PIGMENTATION CAN BE EITHER BLACK, GRAY, BLUE OR BROWN IN COLOR.
FACTORS AFFECTINGS MELANOSENESIS
• THE GINGIVAL AND ALVEOLAR MUCOSA ARE THE MOST COMMON SITES OF INVOLVEMENT
• NO SIGNS OF INFLAMMATION ARE PRESENT AT THE PERIPHERY OF THE LESION
GRAPHITE
• SOMETIMES, GRAPHITE MAY BE INCORPORATED INTO THE
ORAL MUCOSA THROUGH ACCIDENTAL INJURY WITH A
GRAPHITE PENCIL WHICH IN TURN CAUSE PIGMENTATION.
• THIS KIND OF LESION COMMONLY OCCURS IN CHILDREN.
• CLINICALLY, IT APPEARS AS AN IRREGULAR GRAY TO
BLACK MACULE IN THE ANTERIOR PALATE REGION.
• MALIGNANT LESIONS LIKE MELANOMA SHOULD BE
DIFFERENTIATED FROM THESE LESIONS AS MELANOMA
TOO COMMONLY OCCURS ON THE PALATE
Graphic Tatto
• GRAPHIC TATTOO OCCUR ON THE PALATE
REPRESENTING TRAUMATIC IMPLANTATION
FROM A LEAD PENCIL
• THE LESIONS ARE USUALLY MACULAR, FOCAL
AND GRAY OR BLACK IN COLOUR
Microscopically
Graphite resembles amalgam in tissue although special stains can
segregate the two
PLUMBISM Treatment:
• Determine toxic sources
• EXPOSURE TO LEAD IN EXCESSIVE • Keep away from toxic sources
DOSES CONTAINED IN PAINT OR • Reversible plumbism
WATER PIPE • STRIKING CHANGE IS A
LEAD LINE THE BLACK GRAY WITHIN • Diagnosis: • Clinical examination / red
THE EDGE OF THE GUMS BECAUSE blood cells shows basophilic stippling on
SULFIDE TIN PRECIPITATE. • ON THE grains red blood is mottled because of
MUCOSA OF THE CHEEK AND lead poisonin
TONGUE IN THE SHAPE OF A MACULA
GRAY
HEMANGTIOMA
•Hemangioma regresses as the patient ages
•The lesion may be flat or slightly raised
•Hemangioma is a benign proliferation of the endothelial cells that line vascularchannels
•Varies in colour from red to bluish purple depending on the type of vessels involved
VASCULAR MALFORMATION
• Vascular malformation is A structural anomaly of blood
vessels without endotilial proliferation
• Vascular malformation persists throughout life
Haemangioma VM
TERIMAKASIH