Exam 3: Immunity and Immunologic Oral Lesions

Which is not a specific component of immunity?

Persons with Behçet syndrome suffer from the following symptoms except one. Which is the exception?

The diagnosis of cicatricial pemphigoid is made on the basis of

The onset of this condition is explosive. It is characterized by skin and mucosal lesions. The skin lesions are referred to as target, iris, or bull's eye lesions. The mucosal lesions affect the buccal mucosa, lips, and tongue and appear as superficial ulcerations. The lip lesions are ulcerated, encrusted, and bloody. On the basis of this description, which condition is suspected?

Diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is made on the basis of

The histologic appearance of lesions in SLE may resemble

A patient presents with a diffuse swelling of the upper lip caused by permeability of deeper blood vessels. The skin covering the swelling appears normal and not accompanied by itching. This is characteristic of what pathologic condition?

The immune response differs from the inflammatory response because it has the capacity for memory and responds more quickly to a foreign substance if encountered again.

Antibodies pass through the placenta to a developing fetus and protect the newborn infant from disease; this is termed ____________ immunity.

Which lymphocyte matures without passing through the thymus and later can develop into a plasma cell that produces antibodies?

In which type of immune response do B-lymphocytes and antibodies play the predominant role?

The various types of T-cell lymphocytes include the T-helper cell, the T-suppressor cell, the cytotoxic cell, and what other type of cell?

Oral lesions accompanying skin lesions may occur in the following diseases except one. Which is the exception?

Which ulcer may require a biopsy to make the diagnosis?

Patients with Sjögren syndrome who experience xerostomia are at a high risk of the following conditions except one. Which is the exception?

The diagnosis of lichen planus is made on the basis of

Each statement about lichen planus is true except one. Which statement is false?

Which statement is false about the T-cell lymphocyte?

The classic appearance of what condition shown below is a pattern of interconnecting slender lines referred to as Wickham striae?

Treatment for pemphigus vulgaris involves