CASE REPORTS OF ORAL MUCOSA DISEASES AND CONDITIONS

1. A report of a case is usually composed of:

Introduction – presenting a disease or condition in general;

Case report – giving details of a particular case, most often strange or unusual, encountered by the authors;

Discussion – author's comments and conclusions, comparing present findings with those described in

literature.

Referring to the case reports (CR) that you have discussed, put these content elements in the correct

order:

1. physical examination

2. patient's details

3. treatment

4. presenting signs or major complaint

5. diagnostic tests/ laboratory investigations

6. results of treatment/ follow-up

7. diagnosis

8. medical history

2. Which of the CR sections do these sentences come from?

1) Endodontic treatment was carried out on teeth 13 and 11.

2) A 55-year-old female …

3) We removed dental calculus.

4) Poor oral hygiene was evident.

5) Medical history showed she had had atopic eczema since childhood.

6) A vast destruction of the upper teeth was obvious at first sight.

7) … complained of bleeding...

8) … admitted to smoking heavily …

9) … abrasion was noticed …

10) … in the mandible tooth 46 was missing …

11) … these teeth were extracted …

12) … teeth 15, 16 were vital …

13) A temporary bridge was made.

14) X-ray showed periapical lesions.

15) The patient did not show up for the follow-up.

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3. Match the type of disease with a definition:

malignant * viral * fatal * acute * acquired * benign * chronic * fungal * congenital * contagious *

familial * iatrogenic * incurable * occupational * recurrent * multi-factorial * non-communicable

1) for which there is no treatment

2) able to metastasize and kill the host

3) caused by a doctor

4) long-lasting

5) inborn

6) running in a family

7) opposite to contagious

8) spreading easily from person to person

9) caused by a virus

10) appearing as a side effect of performing one's job

11) of a short and relatively severe course

12) leading to death

13) in which a fungus is the causative agent

14) developing repeatedly in the same host

15) non-metastasizing (e.g. tumour)

16) opposite to congenital

17) due to various factors

4. Complete the sentences with the following words:

occur * recurrence * recur * occurrence * recurrent

1) Recurrent aphthae can __________________ both in children and adults.

2) This is the third time I visit my GP this month as I search help for my __________________ headaches.

3) After the treatment was discontinued the patient was followed up for 1 month without

__________________ of lesions.

4) We report a case of a rare __________________ of painless herpetic change on the labial mucosa in a

diabetic patient.

5) Despite chemotherapy malignant changes __________________ after 6 months.

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