A 31-Year-Old Man Presents for a Routine Dental Examination

A 31-year-old man presents for a routine dental examination. Soft tissue examination shows that both sides of his tongue have several circular red nonulcerated lesions of approximately 1 cm in diameter. The red patches are surrounded by white hyperkeratotic margins. He is asymptomatic and is otherwise in good health. He most likely has:

A) Bilateral squamous cell carcinomas
B) Hairy leukoplakia
C) Median rhomboid glossitis
D) Leukoedema
E) Geographic tongue

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