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Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry ยท 2009

A 30-year-old patient has got an edema and hyperemia of nose wing skin spreading to the skin of his upper lip and cheek. Examination revealed a fissure along the infra-external edge of the left nostril. The skin is tense, dense, red-and-cyanotic, skin line pattern is smoothed; rise of local temperature is present. The zone of affection is well-defined and irregularly shaped. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Answer options

  1. Dermal actinomycosis
  2. Dermal cancer
  3. Thrombophlebitis of the facial vein
  4. Erysipelatous inflammation
  5. Dermal tuberculosis
Correct answer

Erysipelatous inflammation

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