Exam 8: Nonneoplastic Diseases of Bone

Giant cell granulomas located in the gingiva or alveolar mucosa are referred to as central. Giant cell granulomas located within the maxilla or mandible are referred to as peripheral.

Numerous gritty pieces of soft and hard tissue that contain fibrous connective tissue interspersed with bone trabeculae and cementum-like material is characteristic of which of the following?

A lesion of bone identical to the central giant cell granuloma and called a brown tumor occurs in patients with what type of disease?

Which of the following types of lesions occurs most often in black women older than 40 years of age and is characterized by disordered cementum and bone, typically affecting more than one quadrant of the maxilla and mandible, and often in the posterior area?

Mosaic bone may be observed in a patient with Paget disease as a result of:

The most common type of fibrous dysplasia, characterized by involvement of a single bone, is referred to as:

Fibrous dysplasia is characterized by:

Café au lait skin macules are associated with:

All of the following statements are characteristic of osteomalacia except one. Which one is the exception?

Osteitis deformans and leontiasis ossea are other names for what chronic metabolic bone disease?

Paget disease of bone:

All of the following are benign fibrous-osseous lesions that affect the maxilla and mandible except one. Which one is the exception?

This 74-year-old patient presents with an enlargement of the maxilla, pain, and a chief complaint that his dentures no longer fit. Radiographic examination reveals a patchy radiolucency and radiopacity that resembles cotton wool. This is indicative of what disease of bone?

_____ fibrous dysplasia is characterized by endocrine abnormalities, including precocious puberty in females and stunting or deformity of skeletal growth in both sexes as a result of early epiphyseal plate closure.

Characteristics of monostotic fibrous dysplasia include that:

Light brown skin macules associated with polyostotic fibrous dysplasia are referred to as:

One of the most widely accepted theories for the unusual fibrous proliferation seen with fibrous dysplasia is that it is the result of abnormal:

When osteomalacia occurs in young children, it is usually caused by a nutritional deficiency in vitamin _____.

Which of the following types of lesions typically arises in the posterior mandible and appears as an isolated, well-delineated radiolucent-to-radiopaque lesion that is less than 1.5 cm in size?

Cementoma is a term once used for periapical cemento-osseous dysplasia. Because the disease does not represent a neoplasm, cementoma has been replaced with periapical cemento-osseous dysplasia.