A 45-year-old woman presented with a 4-month history of painful erosions on the oral mucosa and lips, and reported a weight loss of 12 kg due to difficulties in eating. Over the past 2 months she had noticed painful exudative erosions on the inguinal folds and perineum as well as erythematous conjunctiva and easy tearing. She had been prescribed several systemic and topical medications, but her...

background: vascular endothelial growth factor (vegf) is capable of initiating angiogenesis in blood vessels and may act as mitogenic agent for epithelium of odontogenic cysts and tumors. this study was conducted to evaluate the role of epithelial vegf expression in odontogenic cysts and ameloblastoma and its correlation with argyrophilic nucleolar organizer region counts to assess its role in ...

E pithelial layers protect organisms from their external environment, and any damage to these tissues must therefore be repaired as quickly as possible. Wound repair is generally thought to be initiated by intrinsic cues, such as changes in the structure or mechanics of damaged tissues. But Gault et al. reveal that extrinsic signals can also trigger tissue repair. In particular, differences bet...

INTRODUCTION Paraneoplastic pemphigus is an autoimmune disease associated with an underlying tumor. Several cases have been reported as unusual pemphigus vulgaris, erythema multiforme, or paraneoplastic bullous disease, but the incidence of the condition is unknown. Response to treatment is generally poor, with significant morbidity and mortality. This condition is clinically characterized by s...

Varicella (chickenpox) is a highly contagious disease caused by varicella zoster virus (VZV). The primary infection results in acute varicella with fever, malaise, and a widely disseminated vesicular and itching rash, frequently solving with scars. The rash begins on the face, scalp, and trunk and occurs in crops; typically, lesions are at different stages of evolution. The oral mucous membrane...