All Free Oral Pathology and Medicine MCQs with Answers

• A. Lymphangioma
• B. Hyalinia cutus et mucosa syndrome
• C. Fetal face syndrome
• D. Tuberous scterosis

Explanation: Lymphangioma of the tongue often produces macroglossia with a pebbly or papillomatous surface because superficial lymphatic spaces create…

• A. CEOT
• B. Papilloma
• C. Sarcoma
• D. Pyogenic Granuloma

Explanation: Low-risk HPV types 6 and 11 are strongly associated with squamous papilloma and condylomatous lesions.

• A. Common in Mongoloids
• B. Present on the lingual surface of mandible below the mylohyoid line
• C. Usually Bilateral
• D. May or may not associated with torus palatinus

Explanation: Torus mandibularis usually occurs on the lingual surface above the mylohyoid line, commonly near the premolar region.

• A. Neurofibroma
• B. Neurilemmoma
• C. Traumatic Neuroma
• D. Solitary plasmocytoma

Explanation: Neurofibromas are typically non-encapsulated peripheral nerve tumours and may undergo malignant transformation, especially in…

• A. Fibroma
• B. Peripheral giant cell granuloma
• C. Pregancy tumor
• D. Papilloma

Explanation: Peripheral giant cell granuloma commonly contains numerous multinucleated giant cells, hemorrhage and hemosiderin deposits, giving the…

• A. Snuff chewer
• B. Cigar smoker
• C. Pipe smoker
• D. Tobacco chewer

Explanation: A diffuse palatal keratosis with scattered red areas is smoker’s palate, or nicotinic stomatitis, classically associated with pipe…

• A. Leukoplakia
• B. Focal hyperkeratosis
• C. Typhoid
• D. Leukoedema

Explanation: Leukoedema is an opalescent white change caused by intracellular epithelial fluid, so stretching the mucosa spreads the cells and makes…

• A. Pemphigus
• B. Junctional nevus
• C. Apthous ulcer
• D. Erythema multiformae

Explanation: The Abtropfung, or ‘dropping off,’ phenomenon describes nevus cells extending downward from the epidermal or epithelial junction into…

• A. Lipoma
• B. fibroma
• C. Papilloma
• D. Torus

Explanation: A squamous papilloma is an exophytic epithelial growth with finger-like projections, giving it a warty or cauliflower-like surface.

• A. Never tissue
• B. Smooth muscle
• C. Vascular endothelium
• D. Striated muscle

Explanation: Rhabdomyoma is a benign tumour of skeletal, or striated, muscle. Smooth muscle gives rise to leiomyoma, while vascular endothelium gives…

• A. Pyogenic granuloma
• B. Neurofibroma
• C. Nevus
• D. Angiosarcoma

Explanation: Inflammation in a capillary hemangioma can produce a red, lobulated, bleeding lesion that closely resembles a pyogenic granuloma.

• A. Dental pulp
• B. Cavernous Hemangiomas
• C. Salivary Gland duct
• D. Subepithelial Bulla

Explanation: Phleboliths are calcified thrombi formed within slow-flowing venous channels and are characteristic of cavernous hemangiomas or venous…

• A. Lichen Planus
• B. Discoid lupus Erythematosus
• C. Leukoplakia
• D. All of the above

Explanation: Leukoplakia is a clinical diagnosis of exclusion with established potential for epithelial dysplasia and malignant transformation.

• A. EBV=
• B. HSV
• C. HPV=
• D. CMV

Explanation: Squamous papilloma is a benign epithelial proliferation caused by human papillomavirus, especially low-risk HPV types 6 and 11.

• A. Papilloma
• B. Epulis
• C. Adenoma
• D. Fibroma

Explanation: Fibroma, particularly the common irritation fibroma, is generally regarded as the most common benign neoplasm-like growth in the oral…

• A. Multinuclear giant cells
• B. Mass of granulation tissue
• C. Keliod like enlargement
• D. Epithelium is atrophic in some areas

Explanation: The defining microscopic feature of peripheral giant cell granuloma is a proliferation of multinucleated giant cells in a cellular…

• A. Cerebral tissue
• B. striated muscle
• C. smooth muscle
• D. cardiac muscle

Explanation: Leiomyoma is a benign neoplasm of smooth muscle, although it is uncommon in the oral cavity because smooth muscle is limited there.

• A. Juxta, epithelial fibrosis (changes)
• B. Changes in epithelium
• C. Changes in submucosa
• D. All of the above

Explanation: Oral submucous fibrosis involves juxtaepithelial hyalinization or fibrosis, epithelial changes such as atrophy, and progressive fibrosis…

• A. Neurilemmoma
• B. Granular cell myoblastoma
• C. Neurofibroma
• D. Metaplasia

Explanation: Verocay bodies are nuclear palisades separated by acellular areas, a characteristic feature of neurilemmoma (schwannoma).

• A. Melanoma
• B. Lipoma
• C. Carcinoma
• D. Papilloma

Explanation: Lipoma is a benign mesenchymal tumour composed of mature adipose connective tissue.