Question 255 · LDEK · Malignant tumors

Choose correct sentences regarding the cancerous ulceration of oral mucosa:

  1. A. it is in the form of white covering resembling sour milk, removing it causes bleeding and erosion.
  2. B. it is in the form of flat, granulating and very painful wound, often bleeding.
  3. C. it is in the form of firm, non-healing wound, with crateriform floor and heaped-up edges.
  4. D. it has uneven, jagged, bruised edges. Its floor is lined with discharge, after removing which, easily bleeding granulations can be seen.
  5. E. it is of regular shape with smooth edges. Its floor is diffuse, firm, lined with discharge.
Hint

Recall the induration, edges and floor of a typical carcinomatous ulcer and compare with candidiasis, tuberculosis and syphilis.

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