PIGMENTED LESIONS (ROUND 2 DRA!)

Pigmentation due to the increase number of melanocytes

What Melanocytic Lesion is symmetric and persistent and does not alter normal architecture (gingival stippling)

Age: PHYSIOLOGIC (ETHNIC) PIGMENTATION

• Any Age

• 15 - 35 years old

• Old Age

• Early Adult

Gender Predilection: PHYSIOLOGIC (ETHNIC) PIGMENTATION

• Male

• None

• Female

• Both Male & Female

Location: PHYSIOLOGIC (ETHNIC) PIGMENTATION can be seen throughout the _______

PHYSIOLOGIC (ETHNIC) PIGMENTATION: it is not due to increased numbers of ________, but rather to increased melanin production

Differential Diagnosis: PHYSIOLOGIC (ETHNIC) PIGMENTATION

Melanocytic Lesion: Abnormal melanin pigmentation of oral mucosa by cigarette smoking

OTHER NAME: SMOKING-RELATED MELANOSIS

Smoking up to 9 cigarettes per day has been sufficient to produce _______ _______ _______