A nurse is conducting smoking cessation clinics and educates the clients they should report which finding in their mouths to their physicians immediately?
a. A patch that is red and has a velvety appearance
b. Elevated yellow-white lesions with a roughened, leathery appearance
c. Lesions that look like milk curds and adhere firmly to tissue
d. Multiple, concave, ulcer-like lesions
A
Erythroplakias, which are frequently early squamous cell carcinomas, have a red, velvety appearance. These lesions are not well delineated and bleed easily. The yellow-white lesion is probably leukoplakia, a potentially precancerous lesion. "Milk curd" lesions are typical for candidiasis. The ulcer-like lesions is probably mucositis.
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