PURPOSE Although Bednar's aphthae are common and regress spontaneously, these lesions may lead to feeding intolerance and are often misdiagnosed, rendering examinations useless. This study sheds new light on the clinical features of Bednar's aphthae. METHODS Sixteen neonates and infants were newly diagnosed with Bednar's aphthae via routine health check-ups in an outpatient clinic. Medical re...

There are no studies about pediatric oral mucosal diseases performed by dermatologists in Brazil. This study presents the casuistics of oral mucosal diseases in children examined at the Oral Diseases Clinic at the Department of Dermatology - University of São Paulo - Brazil. Cases were retrospectively studied from the hospital records from 2003 to 2015. A hundredsix children have been examined....

APD: autoimmune progesterone dermatitis EM: erythema multiforme HSV: herpes simplex virus IDP: intradermal progesterone TAH-BSO: total abdominal hysterectomyebilateral salpingo-oophorectomy INTRODUCTION HIV infection is a known risk factor for a host of mucocutaneous conditions, most notably drug hypersensitivity reactions. We describe an unusual case of mucosal autoimmune progesterone dermatit...

The aim of this article is to review literature data about the prevalence of oral mucosal lesions in children in different parts of the world.A total of 16 articles on the prevalence of oral mucosal lesions in children were selected. The lesions were divided into these categories: candida infection, herpes simplex, aphthae, geographic tongue, injuries, which are the most common oral lesions see...

We report on a patient who presented with sustained fever, weight loss, haemoptysis and elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate. The diagnosis of Behçet's disease was based on recurrent oral and genital aphthae, pseudofolliculitis and a history of thrombophlebitis. A right intraventricular thrombus and bilateral pulmonary aneurysms were discovered. Their complete recovery was observed within 6 ...

Fifty patients presenting sequentially with a history of recurrent aphthae were investigated for evidence of nutritional deficiencies and coeliac disease. In the group, two patients were found to have coeliac disease and their recurrent aphthae cleared soon after starting a gluten free diet. This study confirms the presence of an increased prevalence of nutritional deficiency and of coeliac dis...

introduction: behcet's disease is a chronic disease with multisystem involvement characterized clinically by oral and genital aphthae, cutaneous lesions and ophthalmologic, neurologic and gastrointestinal manifestation. nervous system involvement occurs in 5.3 – 30% of patients, mostly in brain stem and basal ganglia. the common manifestations are pyramidal signs, central nervous plegia, p...

Nowadays, etiopathogenesis of recurrent aphthous stomatitis is not fully understood. Chronic gastritis, gastric and duodenal ulcers, diseases associated with H. Pylori, often attend this oral pathology. It is acknowledged, that H. Pylori is a conditional-pathogenic microbe which is included in normal mucosalflora of the gastrointestinal tract and oral cavity. Oral cavity appears to be a seconda...