Pathology · single question
A lesion is located on the TONGUE. All of the following could be in the differential EXCEPT:
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Correct answer: A. Nicotinic stomatitis
- A. Correct (the exception). Nicotinic stomatitis occurs on the hard PALATE (smoker's palate), not the tongue.
- B. Geographic tongue is a benign tongue condition — fits.
- C. SCC commonly affects the lateral/ventral tongue — fits.
- D. Median rhomboid glossitis is a midline dorsal tongue lesion — fits.