Exam 1: Vesiculobullous Diseases

Prodromal symptoms of pain and burning at the site where a lesion is about to occur are characteristic of which of the following?

All the following would be considered iatrogenic injuries except:

A 45-year-old woman presents with a 0.5 * 1 cm painless purple patch on her mandibular gingiva. Duration was unknown. All of the following might be included in a clinical differential diagnosis except:

A patient presented with painful ulcerative lesions in his buccal mucosae, gingiva, and tongue. The lesions were subsequently proven to be pemphigus vulgaris on biopsy. Which of the following treatment regimens would be most effective in controlling this patient's disease?

Unilateral distribution of cutaneous or mucosal ulcers followed by prolonged post-lesional pain would be associated with which of the following?

During active disease states, circulating autoantibodies directed toward a protein known as desmoglein 3 in skin and mucosa epithelium are seen in which of the following?

A 70-year-old woman presents with several erythematous patches and associated ulcers of her gingiva. The lesions have been continuously present for at least 5 months. The patient describes the appearance of blisters before the ulcers. She has no eye, genital, or skin lesions, and she has not been taking any drugs. This patient most likely has:

Vesicles or bullae are not evident clinically in which of the following?

A patient seeks help for recurrent palatal pain. She presents with multiple punctate ulcers in the hard palate that were preceded by tiny blisters. Her lesions typically heal in about 2 weeks and reappear during stressful times. She has:

The keratinocyte desmosome complex is the pathologic target in which of the following diseases?

A patient who has fever, malaise, arthralgia, headache, and oral and perioral ulcers most likely would have which of the following?

Which of the following vesiculobullous disorders is nonhereditary and occurs almost exclusively on the skin?

Which of the following herpes viruses has been associated with the development of carcinoma of the nasopharynx?

Ophthalmologic examination is important to rule out conjunctival lesions in patients with which of the following mucocutaneous diseases?

A blistering hereditary condition typically affects the skin and mucous membranes of children. Lesions, most commonly found at pressure points, heal with scars. This condition is known as:

Which of the following is known to trigger recurrent herpes simplex infections?

The palate and maxillary ridge of a 56-year-old woman contain multiple flat ulcers of 8 weeks' duration. She has a positive Nikolsky sign and has no evidence of skin or lip lesions. Which of the following should receive serious consideration in the clinical differential diagnosis?

Biopsy tissue and cytology smears of early herpes simplex lesions show evidence of viral infection. The viral-induced changes would appear as alterations in the nuclei of which of the following cells?

Ingestion of certain drugs is known to occasionally precipitate which of the following?

Intraoral lesions that result from reactivation of sequestered herpes simplex virus occur in which of the following locations?