A 34-Year-Old Man Presents with an Asymptomatic 1 * 1

question 4

Multiple Choice

A 34-year-old man presents with an asymptomatic 1 * 1 cm pigmented lesion in the right side of his palate. It is flat, and it is asymptomatic. Biopsy shows melanin pigment within a collection of benign-appearing spindle-shaped cells in the submucosa. This is consistent with:

• A) Melanoma
• B) Amalgam tattoo
• C) Blue nevus
• D) Melanotic macule
• E) Physiologic pigmentation

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