Question 72 · LDEK · Children with systemic diseases and disabilities
A significant oral symptom of lymphoblastic leukemia in children is a tendency to:
- A. dental caries.
- B. overgrowth of the gingiva.
- C. bone atrophy.
- D. gingival bleeding.
- E. aphtes.
Hint
Think of which blood cell line is suppressed in acute leukaemia and how this shows in the gingiva.
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