Question 29 (part 2) · LDEK · Periodontal and oral mucosal diseases in children

Choose rarely occurring chronic inflammatory disease, which is characterized by triad of symptoms: recurrent oral and reproductive organs mucous membrane aphthae and recurrent retinitis:

  1. A. Behcet’s syndrome.
  2. B. lupus erythematosus.
  3. C. scleroderma.
  4. D. polyarteritis nodosa.
  5. E. granulomatosis with vasculitis.
Hint

Think of a vasculitis linked to HLA-B51 in which recurrent oral aphthae are an obligatory diagnostic criterion.

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