phuluong2k
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A non smoking 29 year old homosexual male has non painful white patches located on lateral borders of his tongue
The patches do not wipe off with gauze. You suspect that the pathogenesis of these lesion is most closely related to
A. Neoplastic process
B. Fungal process
C. Dysplastic process
D. Viral infection
E. Autoimmune disease
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| yeti00
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Neoplastic process related to AIDS infection?
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| step12005
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B Fungal process ?
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| phuluong2k
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any one else
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| mdwannabe
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Fungal... Candida
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| aali
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Dysplastic process C
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| yeti00
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It would be fungal if you could wipe off the spots, but since you can't it's got to be dysplastic or neoplastic?
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| phuluong2k
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D viral infection
Leukoplakia associated with tobacco, predispose to squamous cell cancer
This case is hairy leukoplakia, due to EBV most commonly seen in HIV positive patients, predates the onset of AIDS
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| mjl1717
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Phuluong-Thx, those are some real thought provoking qs.
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