level: Infectious white oral lesions
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level questions: Infectious white oral lesions
| Question | Answer |
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| A condition caused by EBV revealing a white mucosal plaque that doesnt rub off on the dorsal of the tongue. | Oral hairy leukoplakia. The differential diagnosis is candida,hairy tongue,squamous cell carcinoma,white spongy nevus,oral lichen planus. |
| A lesion presenting as a white patch on the commissures of the oral mucosa that cant be scraped off that heals completely after antifungal therapy. | Chronic hyperplastic candidiasis. The differential diagnosis is leukoplakia,oral lichen planus,angular chelitis,oral squamous cell carcinoma. |
| Oral fungal infection characterised by presence of white plaques all over the oral cavity that could be rubbed off by a cotton | Pseudomembranous candidiasis The differential diagnosis is leukoplakia,Diptheria,papular oral lichen planus,chemical burn. |