Question: Tender submandibular swelling is mostly due to________________?

• 1. Ludwig’s angina
• 2. Stone or Sialolithiasis
• 3. Enlarged lymph nodes
• 4. All of the above

Question: Leafless fruit laden tree or cherry-blossom appearance on a sialogram indicates_____________?

• 1. Mucoepidermoid cell carcinoma
• 2. Acinar cell carcinoma
• 3. Sjogren’s syndrome
• 4. Pleomorphic adenoma

Question: Parotid fatty change is sign of_____________?

• 1. Aging
• 2. Alcoholism
• 3. Malnutrition
• 4. None of the above

Question: Adenoid cystic carcinoma is also known as_______________?

• 1. Cylindroma
• 2. Pindborg tumor
• 3. Warthins tumor
• 4. Pleomorphic adenoma

Question: Mucocele most commonly arise as a result of_____________?

• 1. Rupture of a salivary duct
• 2. Partial or complete compression of the salivary acini
• 3. Inflammatory changes in the glandular interestitial tissue
• 4. Partial or complete obstruction of teh salivary duct by calculus

Question: Acute non-suppurative sialdenitis is seen in______________?

• 1. Acute bacterial sialadenitis
• 2. Mumps
• 3. Chronic backerial sialadenitis
• 4. Necrotizing sialometaplasia

Question: Reduction in flow of saliva is not generally seen in______________?

• 1. Elderly diabetics
• 2. Patient undergoing radiation therapy
• 3. Patients suffering from parkinsonism
• 4. Patients on phenothiazine drugs

Question: Which of the following parotid malignancy shows perineural spread_______________?

• 1. Pleomorphic adenoma
• 2. Adenoid cystic carcinoma
• 3. Warthin’s tumor
• 4. Ductal papilloma

Question: A painful crater like 1.5 cm ulcer develops within one week on the hard palate mucosa of a 40 year old female The most likely diagnosis is_______________?

• 1. Actinomycosis
• 2. Squamous cell carcinoma
• 3. Pleomorphic adenoma
• 4. Necrotizing sialometaplasia

Question: Mikulicz’s disease is____________?

• 1. An inflammatory disease
• 2. Neoplastic disease
• 3. An autoimmune disease
• 4. Viral infection