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
- Upper lip carbuncle
- Acute abscess of the upper lip
- Retention cyst
- Acute lymphadenitis
- Upper lip furuncle
Correct answer
Upper lip furuncle
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