MDS PREP
Oral diagnostic features of scleroderma include all of the following, except
1. A hard and a rigid tongue
2. Widening of the oral aperture
3. Pseudo ankylosis of the TM joint
4. Difficulty in swallowing
Widening of the oral aperture is not an oral diagnostic feature of scleroderma.
Agranulocytosis may involve early lesions of the oral mucosa and the gingiva that are non-spcific but resemble
1. Erythematous stomatitis
2. Acute herpetic stomatitis
3. Necrotizing ulcerating gingivitis
4. Non specific vesiculobullous stomatitis
Oral Pathology
Answer: 3
Agranulocytosis may resemble necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis.
Unit of measurements to compare radiation damage
1. Exposure
2. Dose
3. Effective dose
4. Dose equivalent
Oral Pathology
Answer: 4
The unit of measurement to compare radiation damage is dose equivalent.
Leukaemia should be high on a list of differential diagnosis when which of the following is noted?
1. Spontaneous bleeding
2. Persistent headache
3. Epigastric pain
4. Chronic or acute arthralgia
Oral Pathology
Answer: 1
Spontaneous bleeding is a key indicator for considering leukemia in differential diagnosis.
Patient reports with discoloured teeth bearing brown stains. The teeth glow fluorescent in UV light. The most likely diagnosis is
1. Porphyria
2. Amelogenesis imperfecta
3. Hutchinson"s teeth
4. Tetracycline staining of teeth
Oral Pathology
Answer: 4
The most likely diagnosis for discolored teeth that glow fluorescent in UV light is tetracycline staining of teeth.
Hairy tongue is characterised by hypertrophy of which of the following papillae
1. Foliate
2. Filiform
3. Fungiform
4. Circumvallate
Oral Pathology
Answer: 2
Hairy tongue is characterized by the hypertrophy of filiform papillae on the tongue, leading to a dark, hairy appearance.
Palatal petechiae t are present in
1. hyperthyroidism
2. infectious mononucleosis
3. osteopetrosis
4. hypophosphatasia
Oral Pathology
Answer: 2
Palatal petechiae are often seen in infectious mononucleosis, which is caused by the Epstein-Barr virus.
Letterer-Siwe disease is a disturbance of
1. Protein metabolism
2. Lipid metabolism
3. Mucopolysaccharide metabolism
4. Carbohydrate metabolism
Oral Pathology
Answer: 2
Letterer-Siwe disease is a disturbance of lipid metabolism.