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Asthmatic adolescents (N = 129) between the ages of 12 and 18 were assembled into three groups on the basis of severity of illness and were compared with each other and with a fourth group of 74 healthy, nonasthmatic adolescents. Differences in selective cognitive (irrational beliefs) and emotional (anxiety, depression, and hostility) characteristics were examined. Multivariate analysis indicated that irrational beliefs in the importance of approval and the lack of control of emotions, along with self-reported anxiety, depression, or hostility, were strongly associated with disease severity. Whereas adolescents with mild asthma closely resembled the physically healthy comparison group, adolescents with moderate and severe asthma exhibited a cognitive-emotional complex that can be described as maladaptive or dysfunctional. Implications of these results for the treatment of asthma are discussed.
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Sintomas Afetivos/psicologia , Asma/psicologia , Adolescente , Sintomas Afetivos/complicações , Ansiedade , Asma/complicações , Cognição , Depressão , Feminino , Hostilidade , Humanos , Controle Interno-Externo , Masculino , Análise Multivariada , Testes Psicológicos , Índice de Gravidade de Doença , Conformidade SocialAssuntos
Doenças da Boca/patologia , Idoso , Biópsia , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-IdadeRESUMO
A total of 834 consecutive biopsy specimens from the gingiva and 448 from the alveolar mucosa were examined to see if differences in structure and function are reflected in categories and frequency of diagnoses. In both regions, inflammatory/reactive hyperplasia accounted for about 85% of the lesions and neoplasia for most of the remainder. Pyogenic granuloma was the most common lesion in the gingiva (23.6%) and fibrous hyperplasia in the alveolar mucosa (23.2%). The ratio of benign to malignant neoplasms was greater in the gingiva (10:1) than in the alveolar mucosa (almost 1:1). Benign tumors of the gingiva and malignant tumors of the alveolar mucosa occurred more often in males than one would expect from their proportion in the survey (keeping in mind that the numbers in alveolar mucosa were small). Lesions in these two regions were similar, but differed greatly in their frequency and in sex and age distribution.
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Processo Alveolar/patologia , Gengiva/patologia , Mucosa Bucal/patologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Fatores Etários , Idoso , Processo Alveolar/anatomia & histologia , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Feminino , Gengiva/anatomia & histologia , Hiperplasia Gengival/patologia , Neoplasias Gengivais/patologia , Humanos , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Doenças da Boca/patologia , Mucosa Bucal/anatomia & histologia , Fatores SexuaisRESUMO
A residual cyst is an odontogenic lesion that survives after the removal of the associated tooth. The presence of this lesion adjacent to a remaining tooth may lead to incorrect, incomplete, or delayed treatment because it mimics a periapical lesion on the retained tooth. Three cases are reported that describe such conditions.
