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Exam questionKROK 1Dentistry · 2007

Mucous membrane of the right palatine tonsil has a painless ulcer with smooth lacquer fundus and accurate edges of cartlaginous consistency. Microscopically: inflammatory infiltrate that consists of lymphocytes, plasmocytes, a small number of neutrophils and epithelioid cells; endovasculistis and perivasculitis. What disease is in question?

Answer options

  1. Necrotic (Vincent’s) tonsillitis
  2. Syphilis
  3. Actinomycosis
  4. Tuberculosis
  5. Pharyngeal diphtheria
Correct answer

Syphilis

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