White Lesions
28 Questions
| Total Attempts: 1734
Oral Pathology quiz for IPFW over white lesions of the oral cavity.
Questions and Answers
- 1.Leukoedema is most commonly found in Caucasians.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 2.There is extra water in the layers of mucosa in a white sponge nevus.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.A white sponge nevus shows folded white lesions bilaterally on the buccal mucosa.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.Hereditary Benign Intraepithelial Dyskeratosis is also called Witkop's disease and is a triracial isolate of white, Indian, and African and can be found in North Carolina.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.Follicular Keratosis (Darier's-White disease) is treated with surgical removal of the lesion.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.Hairy leukoplakia has a DD of leukoplakia, hyperkeratosis, and lichen planus.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.Hairy tongue shows an overgrowth of fungiform papillae on the dorsal surface.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.Actinic chelitis is normally found on the upper lip from degeneration of the vermillion.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Idiopathic leukoplakia is a very common oral condition in which a white plaque of oral mucosa can be rubbed off.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.Candida albicans (thrush) and iron deficiency anemia can cause leukoplakia.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.15% of leukoplakia is mild, moderate, or severe dysplasia at time of biopsy.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12.Most common site of leukoplakia is the floor of the mouth, which is the most dangerous.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.Dysplasia shows drop-shaped epithelial ridges, basal cell crowding, and irregular stratification.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 14.The less severe the epithelial changes, the most likely a lesion is to evolve into cancer.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 15.Invasive carcinoma is when invades lamina propria 1 to 2mm beond the basal lamina.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 16.Geographic tongue shows atrophic fungiform papillae surrounded by elevated keratotic (white)margins.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 17.A differential diagnosis of leukoplakia is lichen planus, but lichen planus has a multifocal distribution.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 18.In the erosive form of lichen planus, the central area is ulcerated.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 19.Lichen planus can be cured with corticosteroids and vitamin A analogs.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 20.The discoid (chronic) form of lupus erthematosus shows a butterfly rash of the malar processes and bridge of nose.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 21.Discoid (chronic) lupus is most commonly found in elderly men.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 22.Hyperplastic candidiasis shows a raised rhomboid dome in the median of the tongue.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 23.Papillary hyperplasia, a type of candidiasis, is shown on the hard palatal mucosa under a denture with nodules that are ovoid to spherical on erythematous background.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 24.Fordyce Granules are ectopic sweat glands on the buccal mucosa and vermillion of upper lip.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 25.Adult gingival cysts are remnants of the dental lamina and are mostly found on premolar areas.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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