Question 192 · LDEK · Precancerous lesions and neoplasms
The location of high-risk malignant transformation of leukoplakia is:
- A. tongue, gingiva, retromolar trigone.
- B. gingiva, tongue surface.
- C. buccal region, hard palate, floor of oral cavity.
- D. soft palate, intra-lateral surface of the tongue, floor of oral cavity.
- E. all oral mucosa surfaces.
Hint
Think of the horseshoe-shaped zone where saliva pools carcinogens and the epithelium is thin and non-keratinised.
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