Pathology · single question
An HPV-related lesion on the tongue (e.g., papilloma) is best described as:
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Correct answer: B. Pedunculated
- A. Sessile lesions have a broad base; squamous papillomas characteristically do not.
- B. Correct. HPV-associated squamous papilloma is typically a pedunculated, cauliflower-like exophytic growth on a narrow stalk.
- C. Crateriform (central depression) describes ulcerative/keratoacanthoma-type lesions, not papilloma.
- D. Papular implies small flat-topped bumps, not the fronded pedunculated papilloma morphology.