A 17-year-old patient presents with three large painful tongue ulcers, each of which measures greater than 0.5 cm in diameter. He has scars in his buccal mucosa from previous lesions. The ulcers generally last several weeks before healing. He most likely has:

a. Syphilis
b. Squamous cell carcinoma
c. Minor aphthous stomatitis
d. Major aphthous stomatitis
e. Tuberculosis

D

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