Question 75 (part 2) · LDEK · Precancerous lesions and neoplasms
Choose true statements regarding erythroplakia:
1) silky, bright red papulla or erosion, which cannot be identified as other disease either clinically or pathologically;
2) the reason for development is exogenous irritating trigger – usually smoking, especially in connection with excessive alcohol drinking;
3) efflorescences of different shades of red are of oval shaped, good demarcated spots of different surface texture;
4) efflorescences are usually painful;
5) inside those spots, there may be found foci of unchanged mucosa.
Correct answer is:
2) the reason for development is exogenous irritating trigger – usually smoking, especially in connection with excessive alcohol drinking;
3) efflorescences of different shades of red are of oval shaped, good demarcated spots of different surface texture;
4) efflorescences are usually painful;
5) inside those spots, there may be found foci of unchanged mucosa.
Correct answer is:
- A. 1,2,3.
- B. 2,3,5.
- C. 2,4,5.
- D. 3,4,5.
- E. 2,3,4.
Hint
Erythroplakia is a flat red lesion, usually symptom-free and linked to tobacco and alcohol; consider its outline and any islands inside it.
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