Oral traumatic ulcer

Oral traumatic ulcer.

Traumatic granuloma/eosinophilic ulcer.

Two case reports of an uncommon type of oral ulcerative lesion are presented. These lesions are of long duration, benign and reactive, and may clinically mimic a malignant ulcer. Histologically, these are deep lesions which exhibit 'pseudoinvasion' into skeletal muscle. There is a predominance of eosinophils while other chronic inflammatory cells such as plasma cells and histiocytes are in abun...

Primary mucocutaneous histoplasmosis presents as oral ulcer .

We are reporting a rare case of primary mucocutaneous histoplasmosis. A 47-year-old male with a part-time job of rearing pigeons presented with a non-healing oral ulcer with no associated systemic symptoms. Differential diagnosis of oral ulcerative lichen planus, squamous cell carcinoma and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis was considered. Histopathology showed multiple organisms with a peripheral ha...

Labial ulcer: oral manifestation of syphilis.

A 39-year-old woman presented with a 6-week history of an ulcerated and indurated lesion in the upper lip (Fig. 1). The histological study showed an ulcer with dense lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate and the immunohistochemistry (IHC) was positive for spirochetes. Both, the rapid plasma reagin test (RPR) and the microhemaglutination of the Treponema pallidum (MHA-TP) test were reactive with a RPR of...

An Oral Ulcer- Unraveling the Mystery

Tuberculosis is a chronic infectious disease affecting humans of all ages in all parts of the world. The primary site of infection commonly involves lungs, although it can affect any part of the body, including oral cavity. Although oral manifestations of tuberculosis are very rare, the disease can present itself in a variety of clinical appearances which may mimic malignancy clinically. Thus t...