Jaw, Oral Soft tissues, Salivary Glands Abnormalities

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Fordyce granules are best described as:

Lymphoid aggregates causing nodular tonsillar hyperplasia

Hyperplasia of taste buds on the dorsal tongue

Ectopic sebaceous glands presenting as small yellow papules

Ectopic minor mucous glands forming mucoceles

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White sponge nevus typically shows which histopathologic features?

Hyperparakeratosis, acanthosis, and basket‑weave perinuclear granules

Orthokeratosis with granular layer thickening and dysplasia

Parakeratosis with epithelial atrophy and koilocytes

Ulceration with pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia

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Partial ankyloglossia (tongue‑tie) refers to:

Short lingual frenum attached near the tip of the tongue

Failure of tongue separation from the floor of mouth along its entire length

Acquired fixation of the tongue after irradiation

Tongue connected to the palate in the presence of cleft palate

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Which constellation defines Melkersson–Rosenthal syndrome?

Glossitis, xerostomia, and parotid enlargement

Angular cheilitis, candidiasis, and otitis media

Fissured tongue, recurrent facial paralysis, and cheilitis granulomatosa

Macroglossia, dyspnea, and palatal petechiae

5 / 10

Median rhomboid glossitis is best linked to which etiologic association and appearance?

Candida‑associated depapillated midline erythematous plaque anterior to the circumvallate papillae

Viral papillomatous growths on dorsal tongue

Traumatic ulcer on lateral tongue margin

Nutritional deficiency causing diffuse depapillation

6 / 10

Commissural lip pits most likely result from failure of fusion between which embryonic processes?

Medial nasal and lateral nasal

Lateral palatal shelves

Maxillary and mandibular

Medial nasal and maxillary

7 / 10

Geographic tongue (benign migratory glossitis) typically:

Shows atrophic patches of filiform papillae that heal and reappear in new areas for weeks to months

Presents as fixed white plaques that persist for years

Is an ectopic thyroid tissue mass causing dysphagia

Represents hypertrophy of filiform papillae with brown discoloration

8 / 10

Which statement best distinguishes leukodema from white sponge nevus on clinical examination?

Leukodema presents as unilateral plaques that do not change on stretching

White sponge nevus occurs only on the buccal mucosa and disappears on stretching

White sponge nevus disappears upon stretching of the mucosa

Leukodema shows bilateral opalescence that disappears on stretching

9 / 10

Cheilitis granulomatosa most commonly presents as:

Diffuse edema of both lips due to angioedema

Painful, ulcerated lower lip with vesicles

Enlarged, firm, usually painless swelling of the upper lip with granulomatous inflammation

Atrophic, desquamative cheilitis with crusting and burning

10 / 10

Hereditary benign intraepithelial dyskeratosis is characterized by oral lesions similar to white sponge nevus and which additional finding?

Nail pitting with photosensitivity

Palmar keratosis with esophageal web

Corneal and conjunctival plaques causing temporary blindness

Sensorineural hearing loss

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