bluestar
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A 55-year-old man has had patchy leukoplakia of the anterior floor of his mouth for 4 years. He now has a raised, firm white lesion in the same area. Examinations of tissue obtained on biopsy of this new lesion is most likely to show:
A) aphthous ulcer
B) Burkitt's lymphoma
C) Candida infection
D) Kaposi's sarcoma
E) mixed tumor of the parotid gland
F) squamous cell carcinoma
G) Warthin's tumor
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| Ahab
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F. SCC
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| bluestar
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and the reason is?
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| Ahab
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Whitening of the mouth, aka leukoplakia is recognised as a premalignant condition.
Important to know that leukoplakia is a clinical term and not a pathological term
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thank you!
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