Oral Cavity Premalignant Lesions Lecture

What term describes the increase in the size of the prickle cell layer due to an increase in the number of its cells?

Which term refers to the condition characterized by an increase in the risk of cancer but without the evidence of epithelial dysplasia?

Which condition is characterized by the reversion of cells to a more undifferentiated form?

What term refers to the alteration of tissue in which cancer is more likely to occur, characterized by the presence of epithelial dysplasia?

Which term describes the change of one type of cell to another type of the same category?

What term refers to the increase in the thickness of the keratin layer, which may be parakeratinized or orthokeratinized?

Which term denotes malignancy or premalignancy in microscopic examination?

What is the grading criteria for dysplasia that describes the presence of dysplastic cells extending to the lateral third of the epithelium?

Which factor is associated with a greater risk of malignant change in epithelial dysplasia?

What is the term used to describe the abnormal proliferation of basal cells, resulting in the presence of more than one basal layer?

What is the term for the division of nucleus without division of cytoplasm?

What is the term for the presence of more than one basal layer in oral epithelium?

Which criteria involves abnormal mitosis occurring in superficial layers of epithelium with increased rate and abnormal pattern?

What is the term for the appearance of bizzare shaped nucleus in epithelial cells?

What is essential for mitosis and contains nucleolar organizer region?

Which term refers to the aggregates of epithelial cells, and undergo keratinization as keratin pearls?