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Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry · 2015

A 55-year-old female patient complains of pain during eating food, erosions covering oral mucosa. The disease onset was more than one month ago. Objectively: the mucosa of the gums, soft palate and dental arches is unchanged, but has large bright-red erosions. The mucosa is easily damaged and exfoliates when rubbed. The pain is slight. Impression smears contain Tzanck cells. What is the most probable diagnosis?

Answer options

  1. Benign nonacantholytic pemphigus
  2. Erythema multiforme
  3. Pemphigus vulgaris
  4. Lever’s bullous pemphigoid
  5. Lichen ruber planus, bullous form
Correct answer

Pemphigus vulgaris

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