A Guide to Clinical Differential Diagnosis of Oral Mucosal Lesions

Course overview

Classify oral lesions into surface lesions and soft tissue enlargements using a decision tree flowchart. Describe the clinical features that are characteristic of each class of oral mucosal lesions in the decision tree, including: White surface lesions - epithelial thickening, surface debris, and subepithelial change Generalized pigmented surface lesions Localized pigmented surface lesions - intravacular blood, extravascular blood, melanin pigment, and tattoo Vesicular-ulcerated-erythematous surface lesions - hereditary, autoimmune, viral, mycotic, and idiopathic Reactive soft tissue enlargements of oral mucosa Benign tumors of oral mucosa - epithelial, mesenchymal, and salivary gland Malignant neoplasms of oral mucosa Cysts of oral mucosa Describe the characteristic or unique clinical features of the most common and/or important diseases of the oral mucosa. Perform a step-by-step clinical differential diagnosis, using the decision tree, for patients with oral mucosal Lesions