Term
| White lesions: can be scraped off. |
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Definition
Most likely
- White coated tongue
- Pseudomembranous candidiasis
- Morsicatio
Likely
- Thermal burn
- Sloughing traumatic lesion
- Toothpaste or mouthwash reaction
- Chemical burn
Unlikely
- Secondary syphilis
- Diphtheria
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Term
| White lesions: cannot be scraped off |
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Definition
Most likely
- Linea alba
- Leukoedema
- Tobacco pouch keratosis
- Actinic chellosis
- Lichen planus
- Morsicatio
- White coated tongue
Likely
Unlikely
- Hairy leukoplakia
- Hyperplastic candidiasis
- Lupus erythematous
- Skin graft
- Submucous fibrosis
- White sponge nevus
- Hereditary benign intraepithelial dyskeratosis
- Pachyonychia congenita
- Dyskeratosis congenita
- Tertiary syphilis
- Uremic stomatitis
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Term
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Definition
More likely
- Erythema migrans
- Candidiasis
- Lichen planus
Likely
- Burns
- Actinic chellosis
- Nicotine stomatitis
- Erythroleukoplakia
- Cinnamon reaction
Less likely
- Lupus erythematosus
- Scarlet fever
- Verruciform xanthoma
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Term
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Definition
More likely
- Pharyngitis
- Traumatic erythema
- Denture stomatitis
- Erythematous candidiasis
- Erythema migrans
- Angular cheilitis
Likely
- Thermal burns
- Erythroplakia
Less likely
- Anemia
- Hemangioma
- Lupus erythematosus
- Scarlet fever
- Plasma cell gingivitis
- Radiation mucositis
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Term
| Blue and/or purple lesions |
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Definition
More likely
- Varicosities
- Submucosal hemorrhage
- Amalgam tattoo
- Mucocele
Likely
- Eruption cyst
- Salivary duct cyst
- Hemangioma
- Ranula
- Kaposi's sarcoma
Less likely
- Nasopalatine duct cyst
- Salivary gland tumors
- Gingival cyst of the adult
- Blue nevus
- Malignant melanoma
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Term
| Brown, Gray, and/or black lesions |
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Definition
More likely
- Racial pigmentation
- Amalgam tattoo
- Black/brown hairy tongue
Likely
- Melanotic macule
- Smoker's melanosis
- Non-amalgam tattoos
Less likely
- Melanocytic nevus
- Malignant melanoma
- Oral melanoacanthoma
- Drug ingestion
- Peutz-Jeghers syndrom
- Addison's disease
- Neurofibromatosis type I
- McCune-Albright syndrome
- Heavy metal poisoning
- Melanotic neuroectodermal tumor of infancy
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Term
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Definition
More likely
Likely
- Superficial abscess
- Accessory lymphoid aggregate
- Lymphoepithelial cyst
- Lipoma
Less likely
- Jaundice
- Verruciform xanthoma
- Pyostomatitis vegetans
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