DDS Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine 2

Question 1

Squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity has the highest incidence in which site?

Accepted Answer

Lateral and ventral tongue/floor of mouth

Answer

Hard palate

Answer

Dorsal tongue

Answer

Buccal mucosa

Question 2

Which salivary gland neoplasm is the most common malignant tumor of the parotid gland?

Accepted Answer

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma

Answer

Warthin tumor

Answer

Acinic cell carcinoma

Answer

Adenoid cystic carcinoma

Question 3

Central giant cell granuloma of the jaw is histologically characterized by:

Accepted Answer

Multinucleated giant cells in a fibrous connective tissue stroma

Answer

Ameloblast-like cells lining a cystic cavity

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Calcified deposits within spindle cell stroma

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Sheets of basaloid cells with peripheral palisading

Question 4

Fibrous dysplasia of the jaw characteristically demonstrates which radiographic appearance?

Accepted Answer

Ground-glass opacity with poorly defined borders blending into normal bone

Answer

Well-defined radiolucency with sclerotic border

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Multiple radiolucent areas separated by dense septa ('soap bubble')

Answer

Dense radiopaque mass with sun-ray pattern

Question 5

Ranula is a mucous retention/extravasation lesion arising from which gland?

Accepted Answer

Sublingual gland

Answer

Parotid gland

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Submandibular gland

Answer

Minor salivary glands of the palate

Question 6

The term 'torus mandibularis' refers to:

Accepted Answer

A benign bony exostosis on the lingual aspect of the mandible in the premolar region

Answer

An exostosis on the hard palate midline

Answer

A reactive bone growth on the buccal alveolar ridge

Answer

An osteoma of the mandibular condyle