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Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry · 2012

A 55-year-old patient consulted a dentist about a roundish tumour-like formation of about 1 cm in diameter located within the vermilion border of his lower lip. Objectively: the tumourlike formation protrudes about 5 mm above the vermilion border, it is dense and grayish-red. The surface of the formation is covered with thin scales that can hardly be removed. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Answer options

  1. Abrasive precancerous Manganotti’s cheilitis
  2. Precancerous limited hyperkeratosis of the vermilion border of lip
  3. Verrucous precancer of the vermilion border of lip
  4. Erythroplasia of Queyrat
  5. Bowen’s disease
Correct answer

Verrucous precancer of the vermilion border of lip

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