Tumors of the jaws / by Charles Locke Scudder.

  • Scudder, Charles L. (Charles Locke), 1860-1949.
Date:
1912
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Credit: Tumors of the jaws / by Charles Locke Scudder. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TUMORS OF THE JAWS CHAPTER I EPULIS Contents of Chapter: Epulis defined.—Age of occurrence.—Sex fre- quency.—Local causes.—Liability of the two jaws.—Varieties of: Fi- brous; Giant-cell.—Symptoms: Beginning period; Well-marked tumor; Period of ulceration.—Course of epulis of two types.—Prognosis.— Diagnosis.—Treatment.—Summary. Epulis is a topographic term. It is applied to a new- growth apparently seated upon the gum or upper edge of % the alveolar border of the jaw. Epulis really originates from the alveolar periosteum or connective tissue beneath the mucous membrane. (See Figs. 1 and 3.) It is one of the most common tumors of the jaw and one of the least malignant. It is a slowly growing jaw tumor. An epulis is a border-line tumor: it lies midway be- tween inflammation, on the one hand, and a neoplasm, on the other. When looked upon as a neoplasm, it is still a border-line lesion between the benign and the malignant Fig. 1.—Colored girl, aged six- teen. Upper jaw. Tumor one year. Tumor surrounds teeth between canine and last molar; lobulated, smooth, covered with mucous mem- brane. Sections: angiofibroma, some evidence of inflammation (Blood- good).