Pathology · single question
A patient has small red vesicular lesions on the hard palate next to an amalgam on #14, appearing during stress. Biopsy is performed. What is most likely seen histologically?
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Correct answer: B. Tzanck cells
- A. INCORRECT. Koilocytes indicate HPV infection.
- B. CORRECT. Recurrent intraoral herpes on keratinized mucosa (hard palate) shows Tzanck cells, the multinucleated giant cells with viral cytopathic change.
- C. INCORRECT. Civatte bodies (colloid bodies) are seen in lichen planus, not herpetic lesions.