Case #1:
19 year old male presented with:
A 1.5 cm, well-defined radiolucency involving impacted tooth #20.
A reasonable radiographic differential Dx:
Case #2:
34 year old male with:
Generalized "punched out" interdental papillae, and
0.7 cm area of gray exposed bone between teeth #19 and #20.
A reasonable clinical differential Dx:
Case #3:
4 year old boy with:
generalized lack of melanin pigmentation of hair and skin.
A reasonable clinical Dx:
These patients will develop skin cancers at an early age if precautions against sun exposure is not taken.
Case #4:
This 32 year old woman has:
Red palatal petechiae at the junction of the hard and soft palate
of an area of about 2 x 1 cm.
A reasonable clinical differential Dx:
Case #5:
This 27 year old man has:
An ill-defined blue/gray macular pigmented area of the anterior
maxill alveolar ridge and vestibule over all the incisors. There
is a 3 x 2 mm red papule with a yellow center over the apical
region of #8.
A reasonable clinical differential Dx:
Case #6:
This 28 year old male has:
A 4 x 3 cm well circumscribed radiolucency with a scalloped border
and associated with impacted #32.
A reasonable radiographic differential Dx:
Last updated September 27, 2000 by Tom Maier. Please send comments, questions, and reports of problems to maiert@ohsu.edu