Question 42 · LDEK · Oral manifestations of systemic diseases
What is the prevalence of gingival lesions in the patients with acute leukemia?
- A. about 1%.
- B. about 5%.
- C. about 10%.
- D. about 17%.
- E. over 40%.
Hint
Distinguish oral symptoms of leukaemia in general from true leukaemic involvement of the gingiva, which concerns a minority of patients.
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