Title: Diseases of the Lymph-nodes and Spleen correlated to the Oral Tissues
Abstract: This chapter discusses the diseases of the lymph-nodes and spleen correlated to the oral tissues. The lymphatics act universally in oral and systemic diseases. The lymph-nodes of the body are affected by pathologic processes by way of the lymphatics. When chronic infection is present in the body, it spreads to the lymph-nodes and spleen. When localized infection and inflammation are present, they spread to the veins causing compression of veins. As the inflammation spreads through the tissues, it causes dilated lymphatics, except in bone and cartilage. Lymph-nodes commonly respond to pathologic processes by enlargement, that is, Lymphadenopathy. Lymphadenopathy may be because of acute and chronic inflammation, chronic granulomatous inflammation, lymphomas, and metastatic neoplasms. Acute and chronic lymphadenitis are important to the dental practitioner because inflammatory lesions frequently occur in the anterior cervical lymph-nodes because of the infections in the oral cavity. Oral manifestations of the malignant lymphomas are rather rare. Primary malignant lymphomas may develop in the lymphoid tissue in the tonsil, nasopharynx, and rarely in the palate and gingiva. The management of enlarged cervical lymph-nodes is a matter of prime concern to oral surgeons and dental practitioners. If the examining dentist conducts a thorough examination in adult patients, he will generally find that cervical lymphadenopathy is commonly the result of metastases from intra-oral or pharyngeal carcinomas.
Publication Year: 1970
Publication Date: 1970-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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