This person presented with: An irregular2.2 x 2.0 cm radiopacity
around the roots of tooth #19. The roots are well defined in the
lesion.
A reasonable radiographic differential Dx:
24 year old male with: With 2.5 x 1.0 x 0.4 pink, papillary, exophytic area on the right posterior lateral border of the tongue.
A reasonable clinical differential Dx:
This 40 year old man has: Clusters of pinhead sized, slightly raised, white/yellow specks on the buccal mucosa.
A reasonable clinical Dx:
This 54 year old man has: A 0.4 cm, bluish submucosal nodule in the right lower lip.
A reasonable clinical differential Dx:
This 60 year old man has: Rough-surfaced leukoplakia involving the alveolar crest of the edentulus right mandibular molar region and the edentulous space of teeth #s 18, 19, & 20.
A reasonable clinical differential Dx:
This 58 year old female has: Red, areas of depapillation in a "geographic" lobular pattern over the dorsum of the tongue and red flat areas with serpeginous pale borders involving the ventral tongue and floor of the mouth.
A reasonable clinical differential Dx:
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