Exam 9: Lymphoid Lesions

A 25-year-old woman developed a recurrent mass in her buccal mucosa. On biopsy, the lesion was described as a benign spindle cell proliferation. All the following are consistent with this description except:

Excluding tonsil, oral extranodal lymphomas are most commonly seen in which of the following sites?

Which of the following is seen with increased frequency in AIDS patients?

A 0.5 ´ 0.5 cm lump in the posterior lateral border of the tongue of a 21-year-old man was biopsied. Microscopically, normal-appearing lymphoid tissue was noted in the wall of a benign cystic lesion. This would be consistent with:

Oral extranodal lymphomas are most likely to present as ulcerated or nonulcerated masses in which of the following sites?

Oral extranodal lymphomas:

A 33-year-old patient presents with an asymptomatic swelling of her right submandibular space. Which of the following should be considered in a clinical differential diagnosis?

Oral extranodal lymphomas that are HIV related are most commonly of which of the following types?

A 32-year-old HIV-positive patient developed an ulcerated gingival mass that was biopsied and diagnosed as high-grade lymphoma. A staging workup showed that he had stage IV disease. His prognosis relative to his lymphoma would be: