We report a 26 year old woman with erosive vulvo-vaginal mucositis followed by desquamative gingivitis, and typical histopathologic features of lichen planus (vulvo-vaginal-gingival syndrome). This is to our knowledge the first report of this syndrome from Iran and probably the youngest one in the world (with regard to the English literature)

we report a 26 year old woman with erosive vulvo-vaginal mucositis followed by desquamative gingivitis, and typical histopathologic features of lichen planus (vulvo-vaginal-gingival syndrome). this is to our knowledge the first report of this syndrome from iran and probably the youngest one in the world (with regard to the english literature)

The diagnosis and classification of mucosal disease for the busy general dental practitioner can be difficult since many mucosal diseases present with a similar oral appearance. The term desquamative gingivitis (DG) is often used as a descriptive term because the aetiology of the inflammation may originate from multiple oral conditions. In this review article, we discuss oral lichen planus, muc...

Mucous membrane pemphigoid is a chronic inflammatory, bullous subepithelial auto-immune disease, with predominant involvement of the mucosal surfaces. Oral mucous membrane pemphigoid occurring in childhood is extremely rare. We describe a new case of this entity occurring in a 4-year-old girl who presented with desquamative gingivitis. Diagnosis was based on clinical presentation, histopatholog...