Oral Pathology & Medicine Mcqs - Set 3

1)   Steven-Johnson syndrome involves:____________?

a. Type I hypersensitivity reactions
b. Type II hypersensitivity reactions
c. Type III hypersensitivity reactions
d. Type IV hypersensitivity reactions
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Type III hypersensitivity reactions

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


2)   Mucocutaneous lesions associated with neoplasia____________?

a. pemphigus vegentans
b. Parapemphigus
c. Paraneoplastic pemphigus
d. familial benign pemphigus
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Paraneoplastic pemphigus

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


3)   Formation of multiple pinpoint bleeding spots on scratching the skin is characteristic of:__________?

a. pemphigus vulgaris
b. Lupus erythematosus
c. Psoriasis
d. Herpangina
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Psoriasis

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


4)   Psoriasis is associated with:____________?

a. Geographic tongue
b. Benign median rhomboid glossitis
c. Lupus erythematosus
d. lupus vulgaris
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Geographic tongue

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


5)   Lupus erythematosus is:____________?

a. Reactive lesion
b. Degenerative condition
c. Autoimmune disorder
d. Neoplastic condition
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Autoimmune disorder

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


6)   Bullae formation after striking an intact skin/mucosal surface is known as:__________?

a. Tinel’s sign
b. Bablnski’s sign
c. Nikolsky’s sign
d. Chovstek’s sign
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Nikolsky’s sign

Explanation:
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7)   Primary lesion in lichen planus is:___________?

a. Macule
b. Papule
c. Vesicle
d. Bulla
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Papule

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


8)   Oral diagnostic features of scleroderma include all of the following, except:__________?

a. A hard and a rigid tongue
b. Widening of the oral aperture
c. Pseudo ankylosis of the T.M joint
d. Difficulty in swallowing
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Widening of the oral aperture

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


9)   White radiating lines can be observed in case of lesions of:___________?

a. Lichen planus
b. Erythema multiforme
c. Pemphigus
d. Leukoplakia
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Lichen planus

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


10)   In which of the following disorders a circulating antibody directed to intercellular cementing substance of stratified squamous epithelium is observed:_________?

a. Lichen planus
b. Verrucous vulgaris
c. Bullous pemphigoid
d. Pemphigus vulgari
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Pemphigus vulgari

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


11)   Wickham’s striae are seen in:__________?

a. Lichen planus
b. Leukoplakia
c. Leukoedema
d. Erythema multiformae
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Lichen planus

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


12)   Oral ocular and genital lesions are seen in:__________?

a. Erythema multiforma
b. Steven Johnson syndrome
c. SLE
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Steven Johnson syndrome

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


13)   Oral lesions are not seen in:_________?

a. Psoriasis
b. Pemphigoid
c. Stevens Johnson syndrome
d. Candidiasis
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Psoriasis

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


14)   Lichen planus:____________?

a. Can undergo malignant change
b. Treated only by medication
c. Must be excised
d. Is a idiosyncrasy reaction
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Can undergo malignant change

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


15)   Intra-epithelial bulla are found in:__________?

a. pemphigus
b. Bullous pemphigoid
c. Bullous lichen planus
d. Pemphigoid
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: pemphigus

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


16)   Which of the following are seen in ectodermal dysplasia?

a. Hyperpyrexia
b. Protuberant lips and frontal bossing
c. Defective or absence of sweat glands
d. Any of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Any of the above

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


17)   Fine Needle aspiration biopsy is indicated to diagnose:_____________?

a. Traumatic ulcer
b. Pemphigus
c. Necrotic pulp
d. Chronic gingivitis
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Pemphigus

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


18)   Target lesions are observed in case of:___________?

a. Erythema multiforme
b. Lichenplanus
c. Pemphigus vulgaris
d. Psoriasis
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Erythema multiforme

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


19)   A 60 year old has got severe bulla and target lesion Which erythema around halo and genital lesions:_____________?

a. Stevens Jhonson syndrome
b. Herpes zoster
c. Herpes simplex
d. Herpangina
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Stevens Jhonson syndrome

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


20)   Erosive lichen planus resembles which of the following:

a. Monilial gingivitis
b. Desquamative gingivitis
c. Herpetic gingivitis
d. Acute ulcerative gingivitis
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Desquamative gingivitis

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


21)   Immunoflourescence is seen at basement membrane as patchy distribution in:___________?

a. Lichen planus
b. Pemphigus
c. Pemphigoid
d. Lupus erythematosus
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Pemphigoid

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


22)   Immunoflourescence test is positive in:____________?

a. Psoriasis
b. pemphigus vulgaris
c. Lupus erythematosus
d. Scleroderma
e. Both B & C
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both B & C

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


23)   A 40 year old woman report with the complaint of burning sensation in the mouth. Clinical examination reveals lesions consisting of radiating white striations in a retiform arrangement affecting buccal mucosa, tongue, lips & gingiva bilaterally. An incisional biopsy is suggestive of lichen planus. The following are different clinical forms of lichen planus except:

a. Atrophic lichen planus
b. Hypertrophic lichen planus
c. bullous lichen planus
d. Verrucous lichen planus
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Verrucous lichen planus

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


24)   Intraepithelial vacuolation with formation of vesicle or bulla intraepithelially above the basal layer is characteristically seen in:___________?

a. Candida albicans
b. Bullous pemphigoid
c. Pemphigus
d. Lichen planus
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Pemphigus

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


25)   Lichenoid reactions are mainly due to:____________?

a. intake of certain drugs
b. betel nut chewing
c. cigarette smoking
d. intake of alcohol
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: intake of certain drugs

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


26)   L.E Cell phenomenon in peripheral blood is seen in:__________?

a. Rheumatic heart disease
b. Infective endocarditis
c. Ischemic heart disease
d. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


27)   Which of the following is inherited as a autosomal dominant triat?

a. Lichen planus
b. Bullous pemphigoid
c. Pemphigus yulgaris
d. White sponge nevus
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: White sponge nevus

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


28)   Histopathological study of lichen planus shows:___________?

a. Mixed cellular inflammatory infiltrate
b. Presence of T-lymphocytes predominantly
c. Antiepithelial antibodies
d. Scattered infiltrate with ill-defined lower border
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Presence of T-lymphocytes predominantly

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


29)   Pemphigus is characterized by:____________?

a. Acanthosis
b. Acantholysis
c. Hyperorthokeratosis
d. Hyperparakeratosis
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Acantholysis

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


30)   In ectodermal dysplasia all of the following structures are affected except:___________?

a. Hair
b. Nails
c. Teeth
d. Salivary glands
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Nails

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


31)   Scleroderma involves:__________?

a. Tightening of oral mucosa and periodontal involvement
b. Multiple palmar keratosis
c. Raynaud’s phenomenon
d. All of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All of the above

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


32)   Erythema multiformae is:___________?

a. An acute self limiting disease, of skin and oral mucous membrane
b. painless vesicular self limiting disease
c. A viral disease
d. Bacterial infection
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: An acute self limiting disease, of skin and oral mucous membrane

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


33)   Darier’s disease is associated with:____________?

a. Pernicious anaemia
b. Rickets with involvement of teeth and bones
c. Vitamin A deficiency and involvement of oral epithelium and skin
d. Diffuse tender ulceration on the palate predominantly
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Vitamin A deficiency and involvement of oral epithelium and skin

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


34)   Koebner’s phenomenon is seen with_____________?

a. Erythema multiforme
b. Pemphigoid
c. Psoriasis
d. Impetigo
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Psoriasis

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


35)   Tzancks smear test is used in the diagnosis of___________?

a. pemphigus
b. ANUG
c. Apthous disease
d. Lichen planus
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: pemphigus

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


36)   Unusual extensibility of the tongue is a characteristic feature of:__________?

a. Epidermolysis bullose
b. Syphilis
c. Darier-White disease
d. Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


37)   Which of the following is not a type of lichen planus?

a. Atrophic
b. Hypertrophic
c. Verrucous
d. Erosive
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Verrucous

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


38)   A fluid filled elevated lesion of skin is called___________?

a. Bulla
b. Macule
c. Papule
d. Nodule
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Bulla

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


39)   Grinspan syndrome is associated with:_________?

a. Hypertension, diabetes, lichen planus
b. Oral, ocular, genital lesions
c. Hypertension with oral lesions
d. lemphigus, CHF, diabetes
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Hypertension, diabetes, lichen planus

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


40)   In lichen planus the basal cells which are shrunken with an eosinophilic cytoplasm and with a pyknotic and fragmented nuclei are called__________?

a. Tzanck cells
b. Civatte bodies
c. Donovan bodies
d. Rushton bodies
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Civatte bodies

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!