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Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry · 2011

A 39-year-old patient complains of some soft ulcers and tubercles on the oral mucosa, gingival hemorrhage, pain and loosening of teeth. Objectively: mucous membrane of tongue and gums presents single ulcers with soft, swollen, slightly painful edges, covered with a yellow film. Regional lymph nodes are enlarged, soft, painless, not adherent to the surrounding tissues. What is your provisional diagnosis?

Answer options

  1. Tertiary syphilis
  2. Lupus tuberculosis
  3. Scrofuloderma
  4. Lepra
  5. Sutton’s aphthae
Correct answer

Lupus tuberculosis

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