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Tables 54: Historical References to Benign Non-Odontogenic Oral Mucosal Lesions

This is part of the R. J. Gorlin Historical Registry of Oral Pathology

The following lists and tables of data have been compiled by Research Advisors of The Maxillofacial Center in the hopes that it will be useful to health professionals seeking information pertaining to diseases of the oral and maxillofacial region. References to the source of the data can be found by clicking on the underlined "reference list" sentence associated with each table.  

Contents: Table 54A: First dental journal reports of non-neoplastic benign oral masses, 1839-1860.
               Table 54B: First dental journal reports of benign oral neoplasms and developmental masses & cysts, 1839-1860.
               Table 54C: First dental journal reports of of oral malignancies, 1839-1860.
                  List 54D: References for Tables 54A-54C

Table 54A: First reports of non-neoplastic, usually inflammatory benign oral masses in dental journals, 1839-1860; listed by year of publication.

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Today's Diagnosis Year Original Diagnostic Term(s)*
Pulp polyp6 1840 Nerve fungus; Bluish excrescence; Erectile tissue; Tumid pulp; Polypus
Parulis6,7 1840 Gum boil; Liquid tumor; Abscess; Fistula; Tubercle; Paroulis
Periodontal abscess8 1841 Conjoined suppuration; Pyorrhea
Pseudocyst of maxillary sinus9 1842 Retention of mucus
Pyogenic granuloma10 1844 Aneurism; Epulis; Fungous granulation; Erectile tissue
Pregnancy gingivitis11 1844 Uterine irritation; Positive inflammation of the gums
Pericoronitis12 1844 Painful affection
Peripheral ossifying fibroma13 1844 Osseous epulis; Bony epulis; Alveolar exostosis
Acute parotitis14 1844 Acute inflammation
Irritation fibroma15 1846 Fibrous epulis; Fibroid; Fibrous polyp; Polypus
Ranula16 ** 1848 Acute inflammation of gland; Sublingual cyst
Peripheral giant cell granuloma17 ** 1848 Fungus flesh; Epulis
Gumma18 1848 Indurated knot (of syphilis)
Papillary hyperplasia, palate19 1851 Hyperplasia
Mucocele20 1857 Salivary retention cyst; Serous cyst
Epulis fissuratum21 1858 Mamillated epulis; Simple epulis

     * some original terms are taken from other contemporaneous articles
    ** exact diagnosis is in doubt

Table 54B: First reports of nonodontogenic benign neoplastic and developmental oral masses and cysts, as reported in dental journals, 1839-1860; listed by year of publication.

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TODAY'S DIAGNOSIS YEAR ORIGINAL DIAGNOSTIC TERM(S) *
Hemangioma22 1841 Bluish excrescence; Erectile tissue
Osteoma9 1842 Exostosis; Osteoid
Arteriovenous malformation23 1844 Anastomosing aneurism
Fibrous dysplasia15 ** 1845 Fibrous tumor of jaw
Teratoma (Ovarian)18 1848 Encysted tumor; Dermoid cyst
Exostosis24 1848 True exostosis
Papilloma17 1848 Wart
Lipoma25 1849 Fatty tumor; Yellow epulis; Adipose tumor
Cutaneous horn26 1849 Horny growth; Horny tumor
Lymphangioma27 ** 1850 Chronic clustered vesicles
Warthin's tumor28 ** 1852 Enlarged lymphatic gland
Epidermoid cyst29 ** 1852 Painless abscess; Wen; Sublingual cyst
Pleomorphic adenoma30 1852 Fibro-cartilaginous tumor; Soft enchondroma
Enchondroma31 1856 Chondroma
Parotid cyst32 1856 Cyst in duct of Steno
Gingival fibromatosis33 1856 Fungus Excrescence; Hypertrophied Gums
Lymphoepithelial cyst20 ** 1857 Hydatid Cyst
Torus palatinus20 1857 Medio-palatine Exostosis
Rhabdomyoblastoma34 1858 Muscular Hypertrophy
Cystic hygroma35 1858 Hydrocele
Neuroma35 ** 1858 Neurofibroma
Central giant cell granuloma35 1858 Myeloplaxes Tumour
Teratoma (Cervical)36 1860 Foetal Inclusion

   * some original terms are taken from other contemporaneous articles
  ** exact diagnosis is in doubt

Table 54C: First reports of oral and maxillofacial malignancies, as reported in dental journals, 1839-1860; listed by year of publication.  

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TODAY'S DIAGNOSIS YEAR ORIGINAL DIAGNOSTIC TERM(S)
Carcinoma of maxillary sinus41 1842 Fungus haematodes
Oral carcinoma9 1842 Cancerous ulcer; Cancer; Carcinoma
Soft tissue sarcoma77 1842 Fungus haematodes; Sarcoma
Osteosarcoma9,41 1842 Osteo-sarcoma
Lip carcinoma80 1849 Cancerous ulceration
Chondrosarcoma3 1848 Cartilage cancer
Adenocarcinoma3 1849 Glandular cancer

REFERENCES TO NON-ODONTOGENIC TUMORS AND CYSTS, 1839-1860

(this paper is presently in manuscript form)

NOTE: Click on an underlined author's name to see an abstract or commentary about an article.

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2. Lintolt WH. To the editor of the London Lancet: progress of dental science in America. Am J Dent Sc 1842; 2:300-301.

3. Bond TE Jr. A practical treatise on dental medicine. Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1848.

4. Salter JA. Contributions to dental pathology. Guy's Hosp Report 1859; 5 (3rd series):319-331.

5. Johnson EA, O'Rourke JT, Partridge BS, et al. The status of dental journalism in the United States. Baltimore, MD: Waverly Press, Inc., 1932:1-44.

6. Hullihen SP. Observations on tooth-ache. Am J Dent Sc 1840; 1:105-111.

7. Hullihen SP. Abscess of the jaws, and its treatment. Am J Dent Sc 1847/48; 8:106-112.

8. Hayden HH. On conjoined suppuration of the gums and alveolus. Am J Dent Sc 1941; 2:214-297.

9. Harris CA. Dissertation on the diseases of the maxillary sinus. Am J Dent Sc 1842; 3:20-132,153-189.

10. Hullihen SP. Case of aneurism by anastomosis of the superior maxillae. Am J Dent Sc 1844; 4:160-162.

11. Westcott A. Dissertation on the claims of the medical science upon the practitioner of dental surgery. Am J Dent Sc 1844; 5:3-31.

12. Gunnel JS. A remedy for the painful affection produced from cutting the lower dens sapientia or wisdom tooth, etc. Am J Dent Sc 1844; 4:43-44.

13. Shepherd SM. Alveolar exostosis. Am J Dent Sc 1844; 4:46-47.

14. Lethbridge S. Transactions of the Virginia Society of Surgeon Dentists. Am J Dent Sc 1844; 5: 120-123.

15. Hodgson. Fibrous tumor of the inferior maxilla. Am J Dent Sc 1845; 5:319.

16. Boykin EM. A case of acute inflammation of the sublingual glands. Dent Regist West 1848/49; 2: 97-100.

17. Tomes J. A course of lectures on dental physiology and surgery (lectures I-XV). Am J Dent Sc 1846-1848; 7:1-68, 121-134; 8:33-54, 120-147,313-350.

18. Cone CO. Report on practical dentistry. Am J Dent Sc 1848; 9:3-82.

19. Berry A. A partial set of teeth sustained by air chambers instead of clasps. Dent Reg West 1851; 9: 114-116.

20. Parmentier. Essay on tumors in the palatine region. Am J Dent Sc 1857; 7(new series):324-339, 456-465,545-561.

21. Saurel L. Memoirs upon the tumors of the gums, known under the name epulis. Am J Dent Sc 1858; 8(new series):33-43,212-231.

22. Harris CA. A physiological and pathological inquiry concerning the physical characteristics of the human teeth and gums, the salivary calculus, the lips and tongue, and the fluids of the mouth. Am J Dent Sc 1841; 2:39-120.

23. Taylor J. Opening address delivered before the Mississippi Valley Association of Dental Surgeons. Am J Dent Sc 1844; 5:91-104.

24. Roux M. On exostoses: their character. Am J Dent Sc 1848; 9:133-134.

25. Liston. Gum boils--fungous growth of the gums-epulis. Dent Regist West 1848/49; 2:191-195.

26. Blasbury. Horny growth from the head in the human subject. Am J Dent Sc 1849; 9:388.

27. Castle AC. A novel case of aneurism from my notebook. NY Dent News Letter 1850; 3:91-92.

28. Canton. Removal of a tumor embedded in the parotid gland. Am J Dent Sc (new series) 1852; 2:312.

29. 1852, epid cyst (painless abscess)

30. Gross SD. Observations on excision of the superior maxillary bone: illustrated by seven cases. Am J Dent Sc (new series) 1852; 3:131-151.

31. Giraldes JA. Diseases of the maxillary sinus. Am J Dent Sc 1856; 6(new series):482-497.

32. Rudolfi M. The treatment of salivary fistula. Dent News Letter 1856; 9:125-126.

33. Goddard WH, Gross. Case of hypertrophy of the gums. Dent Regist West 1856; 9:276-282.

34. Culter. Glossal papillary tumor. Dent News Letter 1858; 11305-306.

36. Guersant. Clinical remarks upon congenital cysts. Dent Cosmos 1860; 1:498-499.

35. Nelatin M. Tumors of the lower jaw. Am J Dent Science 1858; 8 (new series): 325-331. (translated from the French without reference to original article)

37. Brown AM. Review of Burdell and Burdell's Observations on the structure, physiology, anatomy and diseases of the teeth. Am J Dent Sc 1839; 1:19-24.

38. Brown AW. Remarkable case of alveolar abscess and ulceration of the fang. Am J Dent Sc 1839; 1:58.

39. Arthur R. Treatment of dental caries, complicated with affections of the pulp and periodontal membrane. Am J Dent Sc (new series) 1851; 1:229-240.

40. Yearsley J. Elongated uvula and enlarged tonsils. Am J Dent Sc 1843; 4:61.

41. Thackston WWH, A dissertation on the diseases of the maxillary sinuses. Am J Dent Sc 1842; 2:279-291.

42. Gross SD. Observations on excision of the superior maxillary bone: illustrated by seven cases. Am J Dent Sc (new series) 1852; 3:131-151.

43. Taylor J. Opening address delivered before the Mississippi Valley Association of Dental Surgeons. Am J Dent Sc 1844; 5:91-104.

44. Poncet et Dor A. De la Botryomycose humaine. Rev der Chir (Paris) 1897; 18:996-997.

45. Dayton AC. Letter to editor. Am J Dent Sc 1849; 10:42-43.

46. Harris CA. Case of fungus tumor occupying the left maxillary sinus, successfully treated by the extraction of the first and second superior molares of the affected side. Am J Dent Sc 1846; 6:318-320.

47. Gibb PG, Czermak. Warty growth of the larynx. Tran Path Soc London 1863; 14: 53-54.

48. Anonymous. Removal of a tumor. NY Dent News Letter 1849; 3:45.

49. Mandl M. Salivary calculus. Am J Dent Sc 1843; 4:141-142.

50. Dwinelle WH. Dissertation on salivary calculus. Am J Dent Sc 1844; 5:32-42.

51. Walton. Ranula, removal by dissection, after the failure of incision and the Seton. Dent News Letter 1858; 11:306.

52. Boorde A. Breviarie of Helthe. 1547. Quoted in: Ring ME. Dentistry, an illustrated history. St. Louis; C.V. Mosby, 1985.

53. Bryant T. The surgery of the mouth, pharynx, abdomen, and rectum, including hernia. Guy's Hosp Report 1861; 7 (3rd series):1-101.

54. Referred to in: Hockley A. An historical review of dental surgery from the earliest period to the commencement of the present century. Dent News Letter 1858/1859; 12:120-126, 282-289 (translated from Kurt Sprengel's Geschichte der Medicin).

55. Shillitoe B. Fibrous tumor from near the angle of the lower jaw. Trans Pathol Soc London 1865; 16:223-224.

56. Arnott H. Macro-glossia, or congenital enlargement of the tongue. Trans Pathol Soc London 1872; 23:109-111.

57. Bhaskar SN, Jacoway JR. Peripheral fibroma and peripheral fibroma with calcification: report of 376 cases. J Am Dent Assoc 1966; 73:1312-1320.

58. Koecker L. Case of extraordinary fungous disease of the gums and sockets of the teeth; its constitutional effects and successful treatment. Am J Dent Sc 1843; 3:240-245.

59. Bloodgood JC. What every dentist should know about surgical lesions of, and in the region of, the upper and lower jaw; with especial reference to the early recognition of the precancerous lesions. J Natl Dent Assoc (later the J Am Dent Assoc) 1915; 2:3-19.

60. Bouquot JE. Common oral lesions found during a mass screening examination. J Am Dent Assoc 1986; 112: 50-57.

61. Bouquot JE, Gundlach KKH. Oral exophytic lesions in 23,616 white Americans over 35 years of age. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 1986; 62:284-291.

62. Post. Venous erectile tumor of the cheek. Dent Intel 1847; 3:137-138.

63. Anonymous. Aneurism of the coronary artery, of the lower lip. Am J Dent Sc 1846; 6:331.

64. Canton E. Orbital exostosis. Am J Dent Sc (new series) 1851; 2:146-147.

65. Neville BW, Damm DD, Allen CA, Bouquot JE. Oral and maxillofacial pathology. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders, 1995:259-261.

66. Photo of neurofibroma, figure 4

67. Bouquot JE, Wrobleski GJ. Papillary (pebbled) masses of the oral mucosa, so much more than simple papillomas. Pract Perio Aesth Dent 1996; 533-543.

68. Gray H. Horny tumor from the lower lip. Trans Pathol Soc London 1855; 6:163-164.

69. Warren JM. Tumors of the parotid region. Am J Dent Sc 1857; 7:587-595.

70. Arnott H. Soft enchondroma of the parotid gland. Trans Pathol Soc London 1869; 20:186-187.

71. Forget A. Dental anomalies and the influence upon the production of diseases of the maxillary bones. Dent Cosmos 1860; 1:229-236, 283-290, 398-404,448-456.

72. Morgan J. Exostosis of the bones of the face, disease of the cranium and fractures of the frontal and parietal bones, requiring operations. Guy's Hosp Report 1836; 1:403-406.

73. Erickson, Harley. Movable tumor of the cheek. NY Dent News Letter 1858; 11:305.

74. Paget J. Cancer following ichthyosis of the tongue. Trans Clin Soc Lond 1870; 3:88.

75. Bouquot JE, Whitaker SB. Oral leukoplakia--rationale for diagnosis and prognosis of its clinical subtypes or "phases." Quint Internat 1994; 25:133-140.

76. Baillie, Simms, Willan, et al. Queries and responses from The Medical Committee of the Society for Investigating the Nature and Cure of Cancer. Edinburgh Med Surg J 1806; 2:382-389.

77. Cartier AL. On pseudoplasmata. Am J Dent Science 1858; 8 (new series):297-324.

77a. Taft J. The province of the dentist. Dent Reg West 1860; 14:313-316.

78. Skull with osteosarcoma, Fig. 9.

79. Roux. Cancer of the bone. Am J Dent Sc 1847; 7:395.

80. Anonymous. Cancerous ulceration of the lower lip; history and progress of the disease; operation for its removal; cure. NY Dent News Letter 1849/50; 3:21-32.

81. Broders AC. Carcinomas of the mouth; types and degrees of malignancy. Am J Roentgen 1927; 17: 90-93.

82. Girl with cheek ca, progression. [Fergusson M. Case of affectation of upper jaw. Amer J Dent Sc 1848; 9: 136-138. 36 y/o female, max. left]

83. Gibson CG. Osteo-sarcoma of the lower jaw -- amputation -- cure. Amer J Dent Sc 1842; 3:139-142.

84. Thomspon R. Resection of the left superior maxillary bone. Am J Dent Sc 1850; 10:172-179.

85. Eve PF. Operations on the jaws with the result of thirteen cases. Am J Dent Sc 1848; 8:367-374.

86. Ring ME. Dentistry, an illustrated history. St. Louis; C. V. Mosby, 1985.

87. Burr WH. Minutes of ninth annual meeting of the American Society of Dental Surgery, held at Saratoga, August 1, 1848. Am J Dent Sc 1850 (new series); 1:36-66.

88. Choppin S. A case of removal of the tongue. Dent Cosmos 1860; 1:558.

89. Sheppard SM. Case of spontaneous destruction of the alveoli of the second bicuspid and first molaris. Am J Dent Sc 1848; 8:350-352.

90. Middlethwait. Cancrum oris. Am J Dent Sc 1848; 9:135.

91. Anonymous. Gangrene of the mouth in children. Dent Regist West 1848; 2:186-187.

92. Handy WR. Pathological relations of the mouth. Am J Dent Sc 1849; 10:1-12.

93. Liston. Ulcers of the tongue from decayed teeth. Dent Regist West 1848; 2:195-196.

94. Obre H. Epithelial cancer of the tongue. Trans Pathol Soc London 1863; 14:160.

95. Hayden JJ. Cogitations of a patient awaiting the dentist. NY Dent News Letter 1850; 3:95.