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Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry · 2016

A 40-year-old patient complains of fever up to 38°C, and a roundish infiltration on the upper lip. Objectively: the upper lip on the left exhibits a round infiltrate, the overlying skin is deep crimson. The infiltrate adheres to the surrounding tissues and has a necrotic core in the center. The upper lip is hyperemic, edematous. What diagnosis can be made?

Answer options

  1. Upper lip carbuncle
  2. Acute abscess of the upper lip
  3. Retention cyst
  4. Acute lymphadenitis
  5. Upper lip furuncle
Correct answer

Upper lip furuncle

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