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? This lesion is:
A) Leukoedema and is common in dark-pigmented persons.
B) The result of hyperpigmentation and is normal.
C) Torus palatinus and would normally be found only in smokers.
D) Indicative of cancer and should be immediately tested.
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