Cicatricial pemphigoid is an autoimmune bullous disease characterized by mucous membrane fibrosis with resulting scarring, predominantly in the conjunctival and oral mucosa, which rarely involves skin changes. The majority of patients present with painful erosions or desquamative scarring gingivitis, resulting in eating and drinking disorders. Typical ocular lesions include chronic scarring con...

This study sought to assess and compare retrospective demographic and clinical data of oral lesions of lichen planus, pemphigus vulgaris, and mucous membrane pemphigoid from the records of the Department of Oral Pathology and Surgery, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil, covering a period of 55 years. Out of 25,435 specimens, these immunologically-mediated diseases...

OBJECTIVES Only few studies on gingival lesions considered large enough populations and contemporary literature does not provide a valid report regarding the epidemiology of gingival lesions within the Italian population. The histopathological and clinical appearance of 538 gingival lesions from northern Italians are described and discussed here. STUDY DESIGN The case records of patients refe...

OBJECTIVES Oral lichen planus is chronic inflammatory disease with a high prevalence in the population. This study describes the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of group of patients with oral lichen planus in the Czech Republic. MATERIAL AND METHODS Data was taken from the medical records of 171 patients referred to the Oral Medicine Unit at the University Hospital in Hradec Král...

Résumé Les dermatoses paranéoplasiques sont un ensemble de signes cutanés qui peuvent précéder, coïncider ou suivre le diagnostic du cancer. Notre observation rappelle que l’érythrodermie desquamative fait partie des dermatoses paranéoplasiques facultatives au cours des hémopathies, d’où l’importance de faire un bilan complet devant ce signe clinique à la recherche d’un processus néoplasique in...

Desquamative interstitial pneumonia is a disease characterized by massive alveolar cell proliferation and desquamation with sparse interstitial involvement. The reported case shows an unusually widespread radiographic reticulo-nodular image and abundant alveolar cells in the sputum. Functional studies reveal the expected diffusion defect with practically normal mechanical properties of the lung...

The clinical and pathologic findings of 13 cases of desquamative interstitial pneumonia (D IP) are presented. The disease is characterized by large num­ bers of intra-alveolar mononuclear cells. Eight cases showed mild degrees of fibrosis at the time of biopsy. Six cases had arthritis or clinical and serologic features suggesting altered immunological activity. Three patients died of progressiv...

In the original article by Dubowitz et al. (1970) and in the subsequent studies there were few infants ofvery lowweight or gestational age: there were only 3 infants at 32 weeks, one at 31, and 2 at 28 weeks. The line for the lower gestations is an extrapolation of the correlation found nearer term. Singer et al. (1973) added a further 16 scores below 32 weeks. It is therefore gratifying to hav...