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define Aphthous ulcers (canker sores), what is it assocaited with?

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very common, shallow, superficial mucosal ulcerations, usually painful and often recurrent. associated with celiac disease or inflammatory bowel disease. Typically spontaneously regress within several weeks.

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Define mucosal fibroma, what is it assocaited with>

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reactive proliferation of squamous mucosa and underlying subepithelial fibrous tissue, typically secondary to chronic irritation.

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Define pyogenic granuloma, who gets it?

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polypoid red lesion, composed of lobular reactive proliferation of capillaries (eruptive hemangioma). Usually occurs on the gingiva in children, young adults, pregnant women.

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Peripheral giant cell granuloma happens where and is composed of what?

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reactive lesion of the gingiva composed of fibroangiomatous proliferation with numerous multinucleated giant cells. Grossly can look like pyogenic granuloma.

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What is glossitis? What else is it used to describe? What is it due to

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defined as inflammation of the tongue, but also used to describe the beefy-red appearance of the tongue encountered in certain deficiency states, such as vitamin B12 deficiency.

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What is plummer vinson syndrome

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Combination of iron-deficiency anemia, glossitis, and esophageal dysphagia associated with esophageal webs

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What is the redness due to in glossitis?

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is secondary to atrophy of the papillae of the tongue and thinning of the mucosa

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What does a geographic tongue look like? What is it due to?

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migratory “map like” appearance of the tongue, due to focal loss of the papillae

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What are the symptoms of geographic tongue?

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asymptomatic, but some may experience a mild burning sensation

10
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whats present microscopically on a geopgraphic tongue?

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intraepithelial neutrophilic inflammation

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what are fordyce’s granules

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heterotopic collections of sebaceous glands in the oral cavity.

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What does hairy leukoplakia present with?

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White, confluent patches of “fluffy” hyperkeratosis on the lateral sides of the tongue. Unlike thrush (candida infection), the lesion cannot be scraped off.

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Who gets hairy leukoplakia

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immunocompromised-may be 1st sign of HIV, secondary to EBV infection

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Sqaumous papilloma is assocaited with?

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HPV

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What percent of leukoplakia demonstrates precancerous squamous dysplasia in additoon to addition to squamous hyperplasia and hyperkeratosis?

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5-25%

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Define erthroplakia

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defined as a red, velvety patch in the oral cavity that may be flat or slightly eroded.

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What is the precancer rate in erythroplakia?

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much higher than leukoplakia, high rate precancerous dysplasia!

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Erythroplakia and leukoplakia are often seen in patients with what kind of lifestyle choices

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TOBACCO USE! q

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What are the histological findings of leukoplasia?

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leukoplakic lesion include hyperkeratosis with or without parakeratosis, often with irregular epithelial hyperplasia with or without dysplasia

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What does erthyroplakia look like on histology?

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dysplasia and/or carcinoma that may include severe dysplasia

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Where does actinic cheilitis occur? What is it ?

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Leukoplakic lesion of the lower lip with loss of the distinct demarcation between the lower lip vermilion border and the skin of the lip
SUN ASSOCIATED

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What are the histololgical changes of actinic chelilitis

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cytologic atpia,
increased mitotic activity
orthokeratosis
connective tissue solar changes

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What are the similar risk factors for the developmenting oral cavity, oropharyngeal, hypopharyngeal, and laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma?

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Smoking, drinking, HPV, exposure to sunlight/pipe smoke, middle age older adults,

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What might be the first sign of squamous cell carcionma

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enlarged cervical lymph node

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whats the survival rate of SCC?

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80% 5-year survival, advanced stage lesions 19% 5-year survival

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patietns with SCC in the oropharynx do better with or without HPV?

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WITH! , hpv can be detected in tumors,

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What is a major risk factor for nasopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

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EBV, first presentation might be metastasis in cervical lymph nodes

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Who gets Nasopharyngeal angiofibromas? Clinical appearance?

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in young adolescent males and men before the age of 25. Most common clinical complaints are persistent nasal obstruction and epistaxis.

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Sinonasal (Schneiderian) papillomas benign or cancerous?

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benign

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What sinonasal papilloma is more likely to occur

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inverted, grows from lateral wall

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what sinonasal papillomas are assocaited with HPV

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exophytic (septal), inverted,

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whats the most common site of metastases for oral cavity and pharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

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cervical LN! Distant metastasis → mediastinal LN, lung, liver, bone. Presenting often w/ cervical neck LN enlargement by SCC

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define xerostomia, cause?

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dry mouth! due to decrease saliva.
Due to Sjogrens sydromem
previous radiation therapy
side effect of prescribed medications.

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Define sialadentis, what is it due to?

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inflammation of salivary glands. Caused by trauma, bacterial/viral infx (mumps), autoimmune (sjogren’s), sialolithiasis (salivary duct stone → secondary bacterial infx = S. Aureus and S. viridans).

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Lymphoepithelial sialadenitis (LESA, also known as Mikulicz disease), is what kind of disease?

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autoimmune involving the salivary glands

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What do most causes of LESA present with?

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salivary gland mainfestations of Sjorgens syndrome, acrimal glands (dry mouth and dry eyes (keratoconjunctivitis sicca)

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What do you see on LESA path report?

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polyclonal lymphoid inflammation of the salivary gland, leading to gland enlargement and characteristic lymphoepithelial lesion

38
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What has a similar morphology to LESA?

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HIV-associated sialadenitis (benign lymphoepithelial cysts)

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On a path report, what do you need to distinguish LESA from?

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B-cell MALT lymphoma, use flow cytometry to dx

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Whats the appearance of a mucocole? whats it due to?

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fluid filled lesion on lower lip due to either blockage or trauma, cyst cavity with mucinous material,

41
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What is the most common salivary gland tumor? Where is it found?

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Pleomorphic Adenoma (mixed tumor), PAROTID GLAND!

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The cells of the Pleomorphic Adenoma (mixed tumor) can be of what orgin? What else is it assocaited with?

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ductal or myoepithelial orgin (can be mixed or just one

Also assocaited with mesenchymal matrix of myxoid, hayline, and chondroid (cartilaginous) tissue.

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is a Pleomorphic Adenoma cancerous or benign?

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BENIGN

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What is the clinical signs of Pleomorphic Adenoma

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Painless, discrete,
well­circumscribed mass w/ small protrusions (enucleation of tumor =
25% recurrence). Rarely cause pleomorphic adenoma (if long duration → poorly differentiated + high grade = carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma or malignant mixed tumor

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Whats the second most common salviary gland tumor? Gland?

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Warthin tumor (Papillary Cystadenoma Lymphomatosum), parotid

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Who gets a warthin tumor?

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smokers

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Whats warthin tumor look like histologically

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encapsulated
cystic lesion with dual layer of bland esioniphilic (oncocytic) epithelium
reactive lymphoid stroma

48
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whats the most common malignant salivary gland tumor in children

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Mucoepidermoid carcinoma

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Where does Mucoepidermoid carcinoma occur?

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parotid

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What does Mucoepidermoid carcinoma look like histoligcally?

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encapsulated but a lot of times infilrate at the margins

Composed of a variable mixture of squamous cells, mucus-secreting cells, and intermediate cells.

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Whats the survival rate pf Mucoepidermoid carcinoma

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Course dependent on grade. Low grade recur 15%, 5 yr survival = 90% due to low metastases… high grade recur 25­-30%, w/ 5 yr survival of only 50%.

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Whats some features of adenoid cystic cacrinoma?

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slow growing, can invade CNS, can occur in the minor (MOST COMMON MINOR MALIGNANT) and major glands,

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50% of adenoid cystic carcinomas do what?

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50% disseminate to lungs, bone, liver, and brain, often decades after removal

54
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WHATS THe survival time of adenoid cystic carcinoma?

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5 yr survival = 60­-70%, 10 yr survival = 30%, 15 yr survival = 15%

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What is an esphogeal atresia?

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congenital defect, where the esophagus ends in a blind­ended pouch rather than connecting normally to the stomach. Seen in about 1 in 3,000 live births

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Define Tracheoesophageal fistula:

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is an abnormal connection (fistula) between the esophagus and the trachea. Results from abnormal partitioning by the tracheoesophageal septum (esophagus connects to bifurcation of trachea into the primary bronchi).

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Define esophageal stenosis

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a narrowing or tightening of the esophagus that causes swallowing difficulties. Can be congenital, but usually due to injury and inflammation from chronic gastroesophageal reflux, irradiation, or caustic injury.

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Where is an Esophageal mucosal webs? Where is a esphageal rings?

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webs are UPPER, rings are lower

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What are Esophageal mucosal webs?

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protusions of mucosa that can cause an obstruction- seen in the upper esophagus,

60
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Esophageal mucosal webs are assocaited with what other symptoms/syndromes?

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chronic iron-deficiency anemia, glossitis, oral leukoplakia, and spoon nails is known as the Plummer-Vinson syndrome

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Whats the difference besides location, of the esphogeal rings to the webs?

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the rings are thicker and circumferential; may contain muscularis propria

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Esophageal rings aka?

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Schatzki rings

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Where is Zenker’s diverticulum found?

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Located above the upper esophageal sphincter as an outpouching of mucosa and submucosa through a weakend posterior cricopharyngeus muscle

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is Zenker’s diverticulum a true divertiuculum?

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NO

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What can happen if a Zenker diverticulum gets large enough?

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food can get stuck ,producing a mass and symptoms of painful swallowing, halitosis, regurgitation, and diverticulitis.

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Where does Mallory-Weiss syndrome take place? What is it associated with symptom-wise?

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is associated with longitudinal mucosal lacerations in the distal esophagus and proximal stomach, usually associated with severe retching or vomiting-CAN BE A CAUSE OF UPPER GI BLEED!

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Who gets Mallory-Weiss syndrome?

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alcoholics

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What does a hiatal hernia result from>

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separation of the diaphragmatic crura and protrusion of the stomach into the thorax through the defect

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Most hiatal hernias occur when?

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Later in life- 50% of adults over the age of 50 have hiatal hernia!!! some are congenital

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What are the symptoms of a hiatal hernia in some patients

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in about 10% of patients, get symptoms similar to GERD with inflammation, ulceration, stricture, and hematemesis (vomiting blood)

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What is the most common type of hiatal hernia?

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sliding type 1

72
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What are the most ommon types of infectious esophagitis that can occur in
immunocompromised patients

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Candida,
Herpessimplex,
Cytomegalovirus(CMV)

73
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What are some other causes of esophagitis?

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Ingestion of corrosive agents (lye strictures), Crohn’s disease, drugs, chemo, skin diseases

74
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What kind of inflammation do you see with esophagitis?

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eosinophilic

with basal epithelial hyperplasia, in the absence of acute inflammation.

75
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Eosinophilic esophagitis is though to be due to?

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allergic reaction to food?

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clinical presentation of Eosinophilic esophagitis

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Adults and teenagers may present with food impaction, persistent dysphagia (difficulty swallowing), or GERD symptoms that fail to respond to medical therapy; children can present with feeding disorders, vomiting, abdominal pain, dysphagia, and food impaction.

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What is the change seen in Barretts esophagus?

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conversion of the normal squamous mucosa of the esophagus to metaplastic columnar epithelium
confirmed pathologically to hve intestinal metaplasia

78
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what is 10% of Barretts esophagus due to?

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chronic GERD

79
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Havign barretts esophagus increases your chances of developing what

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esophageal glandular dysplasia and adenocarcinoma

80
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those who develop Esophageal adenocarcinoma have what other diseases uaually?

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Barrett’s esophagus and long-standing GERD

81
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What puts people at increases risk for developing Esophageal adenocarcinoma

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glandular dysplasia

82
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Amplification of __ can be seem in Esophageal adenocarcinomas

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EGFR

83
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Esophageal adenocarcinomas are usually in what part of the esophagus?

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distal 1/3

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Symptoms of a Esophageal adenocarcinomas?

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pain on swallowing (odynophagia), hematemesis, chest pain, and progressive weight loss.

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What are some risk factors for Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)

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alcohol and tobacco use, caustic esophageal injury, achalasia, tylosis (genetic disorder characterized by thickening of the palms
and soles), Plummer­Vinson syndrome, and frequent consumption of very hot beverages. Rarely, HPV infection may also be implicated in some SCC.

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Where are Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) located?

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half of them are located in the middle 1/3, can cause a stricture

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most common cause of esophageal squamous papillomas?

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benign squamous neoplasm, usually exophytic, strong association with HPV

88
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the most common benign mesenchymal tumor of the esophagus.?

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Leiomyoma