Exam 10: Cysts of the Jaws and Neck

An asymptomatic 2 * 3 cm mass in the lateral neck of a 25-year-old man was biopsied. Microscopically, it was a cyst surrounded by lymphoid tissue. The diagnosis would be:

The periapical cyst lining develops because of inflammatory stimulation of which of the following types of epithelium?

Microscopically, abundant multinucleated giant cells are seen in a benign connective tissue matrix in all the following except:

A submucosal mass developed in the midline of the floor of the mouth of a 34-year-old man. It was asymptomatic and had a solid, doughy consistency. This would most likely be which of the following?

A submucosal mass developed in the midline of the floor of the mouth of a 34-year-old man. It was asymptomatic and had a solid, doughy consistency. This would most likely be which of the following?

If an odontogenic cyst goes untreated, which of the following complications may be seen?

When a diagnosis of odontogenic keratocyst is made, the patient should be advised about the:

All the following are associated with vital teeth except _____ cyst.

All the following are associated with vital teeth except _____ cyst.

Pain may be associated with all the following except:

Which of the following odontogenic lesions always appears radiographically as a radiolucent lesion?

Bifid ribs, calcified falx cerebri, and other skeletal abnormalities are associated with which of the following?

The traumatic bone cyst:

The nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome includes multiple basal cell carcinomas, bone abnormalities, and multiple:

Lung metastasis is a well-documented complication after surgical treatment of which of the following?

Two cystic radiolucencies in the mandible of a 16-year-old boy were lined by thin parakeratinized epithelium showing palisading of basal cells. All teeth were vital and the patient had no symptoms. This patient has which of the following?

A clinical differential diagnosis of an asymptomatic submucosal lump or nodule in the dorsum of the tongue would include all the following except:

The static bone cyst, if biopsied, exhibits which of the following microscopic features?

A cystic lesion at the apex of tooth no. 10 was described microscopically as an inflamed fibrous sac lined by nonkeratinized stratified squamous epithelium. The tooth was nonvital. This is a(n):

All the following are considered to be relatively common except: