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Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry · 2023

A 15-year-old girl complains of throbbing pain and a swelling above her upper lip, fever of 38.0°C, and deterioration of her general condition. Two days ago, she tried to pop a pimple in this area on her own. Objectively, she has a dense painful infiltration on the skin of her upper lip. The infiltration is rounded, cone-shaped. up to 2.5 cm in diameter. The skin over the infiltration is sharply hyperemic, with a necrotic rod in the center. Make the diagnosis.

Answer options

  1. Hematoma of the upper lip at the stage of suppuration
  2. Carbuncle on the upper lip
  3. Furuncle with abscess on the upper lip
  4. Atheroma of the upper lip at the stage of suppuration
  5. Odontogenic abscess of the upper lip
Correct answer

Furuncle with abscess on the upper lip

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