The nurse is performing an oral assessment on a 40-year-old black patient and notices the presence of a 1-cm, nontender, grayish-white lesion on the left buccal mucosa. Which one of these statements is true about this lesion?

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Leukoedema, which is a grayish-white benign lesion occurring on the buccal mucosa, is most often observed in blacks. The patient's 1 cm, nontender, grayish-white lesion on the left buccal mucosa is not indicative of cancer, a normal result of hyperpigmentation, or torus palatinus. Instead, it is leukoedema, which is a grayish-white benign lesion occurring on the buccal mucosa, and most often observed in blacks.

The Nurse Is Performing an Oral Assessment on a 40-Year-Old