原文題目(出處)： Traumatic Oral Mucosal Lesions：A Mini Review and Clinical Update
原文作者姓名： Ariyawardana Anura
通訊作者學校： School of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University
報告者姓名(組別)： 羅世洺（Int. B 組）
報告日期： 103.9.15 內文：
Abstract
1. Oral traumatic lesions are diverse in which some present as acute lesions while the majority are chronic lesions.
2. Clinical presentation of traumatic lesions vary significantly and most of the occasions the cause and the effect can be established with thorough history and clinical examination.
3. Biopsy of such lesions are not required in most of the occasions.
Introduction
1. Oral lesions manifest in the oral mucosa as acute or chronic ulcers, white or red lesions, mucositis, and reactive hyperplasia or even as bone exposures with sequestration.
2. Such lesions may also impair oral functions to a significant extent and also pose some difficulties in arriving at a diagnosis especially the chronic lesions.
3. Injury of the oral mucosa could result from physical, chemical or thermal trauma. They could be originated from accidental dental biting, sharp or pointing food stuff, sharp edges of teeth, hot food or overzealous tooth brushing.
4. Some injuries also could result from iatrogenic damage during dental treatment or other procedures involving oral cavity such as intubation during general anaesthesia.
Linea Alba
1. Bilateral raised white line on the buccal mucosa extending from the commissure to the last molar teeth along their occlusal line.
2. In a Turkish study among adolescents (13-16 years of age) linea alba was the second commonest finding which accounts for 5.3% of the total.
3.
Parakeratosis occur along the line of the occlusal plane as the cheeks sucks in due to the
negative pressure.4. Asymptomatic and generally considered a normal variation than pathological and therefore, no treatment is required.
Mucosal Biting
1. Accidental mucosal biting is a common occurrence which eventually leads to mucosal bleeding and painful ulceration.
2. Generally heal in a few days’ time with no complications. Chronic habitual biting of the oral mucosa may lead to transient or persistent white patches.
3. Chronic biting (nibbling) of the buccal mucosa often leads to produce loose thread like keratin shreds, tissue tags or desquamative areas on the mucosal surface.
4. “morsicatio buccarum” when occurs on the buccal mucosa, “morsicatio labiorum” and
morsicatio linguarum” when occur on labial mucosa and lateral borders of the tongue.
5. In a retrospective study of 584 patients Woo and Lin reported a prevalence of 9.0% of such lesions where they refer as “morsicatio mucosa oris”.
6. This study found lateral border of the tongue as the commonest site accounting for 53.6% and followed by buccal mucosa (32.1%) and labial mucosa (9%). These lesions can be found between 3rd to 6th decades of life and it is generally resulted from deliberate act of habitual biting or even subconsciously though many patients deny their habit.
7.
Oral hairy leukoplakia, uremic stomatitis and chewer’s mucosa are important differential
diagnosis. If the lesions are seen on the lateral border of the tongue in a patient with high risk of HIV infection further investigations are required to rule out HIV associated hairy leukoplakia8. In general no treatment is required and patient education and counseling may often resolve the problem. For some patients the use of acrylic shield to cover the facial surfaces of teeth may be used to eliminate the lesion by restricting the access to the lesion sites (lips and buccal mucosa).
Traumatic Ulceration
1. Result from physical, thermal or chemical injuries. Ulcers resulting from traumatic injuries are probably the most common types of ulcers encountered in clinical practice.
Cheek biting: A 30 year old male patient with a white patch on both sides of his cheek. Note irregular shaggy surface typical of cheek biting.
2. Accidental biting during mastication, sharp pointy food may cause acute traumatic ulceration. Such ulcers generally heal within few days without complications.
3. Chronic trauma from sharp edges of teeth, restorations and appliances particularly ill-fitting dentures may cause chronic ulcers. The majority of such injuries are unintentional however, self-inflicted injuries also can frequently be found.
4. Study on elderly Thai patents also reported traumatic ulcers in 15.6% of their study population out of which the majority were due to poor dentures, fractured restorations and sharp edges of teeth.
5. In a large group of Saudi dental patients over the age of 15 years Al-Mobeeriek and Al Dosari (2009) found a prevalence of 1.9% accounting for the third most common oral mucosal disease in that cohort of patients.
6. Chronic traumatic ulcers are commonly found on the mucosa that is subjected to trauma from dentition such as buccal mucosa, lateral border of the tongue or lips.
7. Lesions on other areas including mucobuccal folds and gingiva are associated with other sources of irritation such as trauma from tooth brush or food.
8. Chronic traumatic ulcers generally present as a solitary shallow or deep discontinuation of epithelium with varying degrees of peripheral keratosis. Floor of the ulcer is covered by a white or yellowish fibrin clot.
9. Ulcer resulted from repeated trauma may be symptomatic or asymptomatic, often
exhibits an elevated border which is firm on palpation. Upon elimination of the causative factor often ulcer heals with or without scar depending on the extent of the damage occurred.
Traumatic ulcer: A 14 year old male patient with an ulcer on his right lower lip after 2 days of a tooth extraction.
Traumatic ulcer due to lip biting after inferior dental nerve block was
diagnosed on clinical grounds: Note the irregular margin with slough and exudate on flow of the ulcer.
Traumatic ulcer: A 13 year old male patent with an ulcer on the ventral surface of the tongue for a period of 3 moths. Traumatic ulcer on the ventral surface of the tongue was caused by lingually erupted mandibular central incisor.
Riga-Fede Disease
1. A reactive traumatic ulcerative disorder with benign course often seen on tip or ventral
surface of the tongue.
2. Lesions tend to occur after the eruption of neonatal, natal or primary incisors. They are commonly observed in relation to the lower incisors believed to be caused by repetitive trauma associated with back and forward movement of the tongue against them.
3. They can also been reported on the dorsal surface of the tongue and the lower lip. rare 4. “traumatic lingual ulceration”, eosinophilic granuloma”, “traumatic eosinophilic
ulceration of the tongue” and traumatic granuloma of the tongue.
5. van der Meij et al. in a review summarized 34 cases (age range 0.3-24 months) that they found since 1902. Of them 82% of the lesions were found on the ventral surface of the
tongue while rest of the lesions was equally distributed on the dorsum of the tongue and
the lower lip.6. Only seven lesions (20.5%) were associated with neonatal teeth while the rest of the lesions were caused by primary teeth with a mean age of onset at 10 months. Overall, lesions were more commonly found among males with a male to female ratio of 1.8:1.
7. These lesions appear as ulcerated area with fibrinous exudate with varying degrees of raised margins depending on the duration and frequency of trauma.
8. Generally the diagnosis is established clinically alone and rarely biopsy is required.
9. The treatment of choice for lesions associated with neonatal teeth is extractions of such teeth. More conservative approaches such as placement of a protective barrier or
grinding of the sharp edges of teeth have also been attempted. In some intractable cases extraction of causative teeth is the only option.
Eosinophilic ulcer
1. A chronic, often self-limiting benign lesion which is usually manifested on the lateral border of the tongue. This has also been reported to occur in the gingiva and rarely on other sites.
2. traumatic granuloma, Traumatic Ulcerative Granuloma with Stromal Eosinophilia
Traumatic ulcer: A 60 year old man with a chronic ulcer on the left posterior lateral border of the tongue caused by lingually tilted mandibular 3rd molar.
Note central ulceration with peripheral keratosis.
(TUGSE), atypical histiocytic granuloma. When it occurs in infants and children in association with natal, neonatal or primary teeth it has been termed as Riga-Fede disease.
3. Lesions are commonly seen among individuals of 4th to 5th decades of life with equal sex distribution. Commonly presents as solitary indurated or granulomatous ulcer which may sometime mimic a malignant lesion.
4. Confirmation of the diagnosis may need an incisional biopsy. Generally ulcers tend to heal spontaneously but slowly over a period of 3-10 weeks. Some lesions heal promptly after carrying out a biopsy.
Necrotizing Sialometaplasia（NS）
1. First described by Abrams et al. as an uncommon inflammatory necrotizing process involving minor salivary glands predominantly affecting the hard palate.
2. The mostly suspected and generally accepted underlying mechanism is ischaemia of
minor salivary gland tissues.
3. Other traumatic episodes such as dental injection and wearing ill-fitting dentures were also been implicated in some cases. In addition to trauma, smoking and alcohol consumption, allergy and upper respiratory tract infections were also considered as predisposing to NS.
4. Clinically NS presents as a solitary unilateral ulcer on the hard palate. However, a number of cases were also reported as non-ulcerated swelling or mass. Lesions could accompany with pain or numbness while some may be asymptomatic.
5. More commonly seen in adults with the mean age of 46 years and more commonly affecting males.
6. The most important clinical significance is that the lesion mimics malignancy clinically as well as histologically; squamous cell carcinoma and mucoepidermoid carcinoma in particular.
7. Recommended to carry out an incisional biopsy. Lesions generally heal spontaneously in an average period of 5-6 weeks.
Necrotizing sialometaplasia: A 55 year old male with an ulcer on his left side of the palate. Clinical diagnosis of
necrotizing sialometaplasia was made and the lesion healed in 14 days after the diagnosis. These ulcers may mimic squamous cell carcinoma clinically as well as histologically.
Factitious Disorders and Trauma
1. Self-mutilation or self-injury is a behavioral disturbance that leads to deliberate harm to own body tissues and not associated with intention to commit suicide.
2. The aetiology can be of two fold; organic and functional.
(1) Organic self-mutilation injuries include injuries in comatose patients, patients with some syndromes such as Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, De Lange syndrome, Tourette syndrome, Leigh syndrome, patients with autism spectrum disorders and familial dysautonomia.
(2) Functional self-mutilation refers to intentional self-injuring in physically healthy patients without detectable genetic disorders.
3. Oral self-mutilation injuries are commonly seen among children than adolescents or adults.
4. In a recent review Hilderbrand et al. reported 15 cases including their case among children with an age range of 3-13 years. Among them over 90% of the lesions were observed in the gingiva. Clinically such lesions appear as ulcers on the gingiva or as gingival recession.
5. Diagnosis and management of self-mutilation injuries are generally difficult and
thorough medical history and physical examinations are of utmost importance in arriving at correct diagnosis.
6. Patient’s psychological assessment is mandatory and multidisciplinary approach helps to carry out overall management of the affected individual.
Oral Trauma due to Congenital Insensitivity to Pain
1. A rare clinical syndrome in which affected individuals pain sensation is impaired.
Individuals affected by this syndrome are generally normal in terms of their physical and mental health and with normal perception of other sensations.
2. This condition is generally present at birth and the majority of cases are diagnosed at early stages of life.
3. Self-inflicted and unintentional oral injuries are common especially to lips and tongue.
Injuries to dental hard tissues are also common.
4. Oral mucosal lesions are generally observed when primary teeth erupt. Lips and tongue are the commonest sites to be injured.
5. No specific management strategy is available to date. Preventive measures such as grinding and smoothening sharp edges of teeth may help prevent the injuries.
Electrical and Thermal Burns
1. Relatively common and predominantly occur in young children. Such injuries often lead to disfigurement and functional disabilities.
2. Two types of electrical burns：contact and arc types.
(1) Contact type require a good ground and electrical current passes through the body from the site of contact to the ground.
(2) Arc type burns saliva act as a conducting medium and current flows between the source and the mouth.
3. Most of the electrical injuries occur as a result of sucking or chewing of live electrical wires, extension cords, plugs or power outlets. They most commonly occur in toddlers or preschool children.
4. Most commonly affects the lips, and present as painless, charred yellowish area with little or no bleeding followed by significant oedema within few hours. Necrosed tissues slough and heal with scarring leading to significant disfigurement.
5. Thermal injuries to oral soft tissues most commonly occur due to accidental ingestion of hot food or beverages. Generally occur in the palate or the posterior buccal mucosa.
They appear as sloughy necrotic tissue surrounded by erythema.
6. Management of electrical burn injuries are difficult and often challenging.Several methods have been attempted including excision and reconstruction and use of burn appliances. Management of thermal burns is not as complicated as electrical burns and generally heals with fewer complications.
Chemical Injuries
1. A wide array of chemicals and drugs come into contact with oral mucosa and some of them may cause direct mucosal trauma due to their caustic nature.
2. Chemicals if used inadvertently can be potentially injurious. However, such injuries are not very common since the introduction of rubber dam in dental practice.
Sexual Practices and Oral Mucosal Trauma
1. The prevalence of trauma related to oro-genital stimulation is surprisingly low.
2.
Fellatio is the commonest among oro-genital sexual practices that causes oral trauma.
This generally manifests as erythema, ecchymosis or petechiae in the soft palate.
3. These lesions may be noticed during routine oral examinations and the lesions are generally asymptomatic and heal within 7-10 days.
Denture Associated Mucosal Trauma
1. Denture wearing can cause a number of acute or chronic oral mucosal problems ranging from histological to gross clinical changes. Gross clinical changes include keratotic, hyperplastic, inflammatory and ulcerative lesions.
2. In a retrospective clinical study using 200 denture wearing patients Dorey et al. reported a positive relationship of oral mucosal abnormalities and denture wearing in 60% of their cohort of patients.
3. Chronic trauma from denture was the most common cause accounting for 17% and presented in the form of stomatitis with or without candida infection. Other problems encountered were; hyperkeratosis (12%), ulceration (8%), inflammatory papillary
hyperplasia (6%) and epulis fissurata (2%).
4. In response to chronic irritation from dentures particularly exposure to masticatory forces oral mucosa shows acanthosis, rete hyperplasia and parakeratosis.
5. Hyperkeratosis is regarded as a normal adaptation to function and resolve once the irritation is removed. Traumatic ulcers generally occur soon after the insertion of new dentures. They often appear over the sharp bony ridges where the mucosa is sandwiched between the denture and bone, under spicules or high spots of dentures.
6. Such trauma produces erythema, oedema and subsequently ulceration which generally produce soreness or pain preventing patients a comfortable mastication. Careful elimination of such trauma leads to complete resolution of the problem.
7. Inflammatory Papillary Hyperplasia (IPH)
(1) A reactive form of tissue overgrowth clinically present as a nodular or papillary surface covering completely or partially the area of the palate covered by the denture.
(2) The condition is most often suspected to be related to：continuous wearing of
ill-fitting dentures with poor hygiene that often causing trauma together with
predisposition to Candidal infection. Lesions are directly related to age of the patient and the length of denture usage.(3) Asymptomatic and often identified during routine clinical examination. Very early lesions may subside once the irritation is eliminated together with the use of
antifungal agents. More established lesions may need surgical removal, curettage,
electrosurgery or cryotherapy.
8. Epulis fissuratum (inflammatory fibrous hyperplasia)
(1) A tumor like fibrous connective tissue lesion that develops as a result of ill-fitting
denture flange.
(2) A sessile mass in the sulcus with smooth surface and normal mucosal color and also may be erythematous and ulcerated.
(3) Most often seen among middle aged and older adults occurring either in relation to
Papillary hyperplasia of the palate: A 70 year old female with papillary hyperplasia of the palate; this lesion is localized to the area of retention device. However, in most of the cases lesion could be widespread in the palate.
the mandible or maxilla and shows a female predilection. Treatment is often involved with excision of the lesion with vestibuloplasty and correction of the denture.
Summary
1. Commonly encountered lesions are generally straightforward to diagnose and hence easy to manage by elimination of the causative factor and enhancing the healing of the lesion.
2. If chronic ulcer persists after the elimination of the suspected causative factor within a reasonable time limit (2-3 weeks) a biopsy should be considered to confirm the
diagnosis.
Epulis fissuratum (inflammatory fibrous hyperplasia) in a 70 year old female denture wearer: Note the tumour like fibrous connective tissue on the alveolar ridge and extending to the labial sulcus.
Lesion develops as a result of chronic irritation due to ill-fitting denture.
題號 題目
1 traumatic ulceration 最常發生於何處？(A) Hard palate (B) Tongue (C) Gingiva (D) Mouth floor 答案
(B)
出處：Oral and Maxillofacial pathology 3rd edition P.288
題號 題目
2 下列有關 electrical burns 的敘述，何者錯誤？
(A) 大部分為 arc type (B) 唾液可為導電物質 (C) 發生在成年人居多 (D) 最常見於唇部 答案
(C)
出處：Oral and Maxillofacial pathology 3rd edition P.290
