INTRODUCTION One of the most important symptoms of Sjögren syndrome is xerostomia. The oral cavity deprived of saliva and its natural lubricative, protective and antibacterial properties is prone to a number of unfavourable consequences. AIM To present the most important lesions on the oral mucosa in primary and secondary Sjögren syndrome and in dry mouth syndrome. MATERIAL AND METHODS The ...

Behçet's disease (BD) is a systemic vasculopathy, characterized by recurrent oral aphthae, genital ulcers, uveitis, and skin lesions. Although vascular involvement, including venous and arteries of any size, is a usual manifestation, cases with pulmonary thrombosis as the initial symptom are not common in the absence of pulmonary artery aneurysm (PAA). This report describes a 36-year-old man wi...

with fever, malaise and asymptomatic oro-cutaneous lesions for the past 3-4 days, after being involved in cleaning activity of a fish pond. On examination he was febrile (temperature 100oF) with no lymphadenopathy. Oral cavity showed aphthae-like lesions having small yellowish-white shallow necrotic vesicles surrounded by red areola over palate, buccal and labial mucosae (Fig.1). Cutaneous lesi...

We herein report a case of severe pharyngeal aphthae which can be a tip for diagnosing digestive disease in daily clinical practice. A 19-year-old man visited our otolaryngology clinic complaining of severe pharyngalgia lasting 5 days. The patient was previously healthy but had been suffering from diarrhea for 3 weeks and pyrexia for 2 weeks. Many aphthae were found on the patient’s soft palate...

Background: Recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) is a common painful lesion affecting millions of people. This population-based epidemiological study aimed to determine the frequency recurrent in population and associated diseases factors.
 Methods: In 2013, by Turkish Society Internal Medicine, cohort for chronic related risk factors was initiated Central Anatolia Region Turkey (Cappadocia...

Background and objectives: Recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) is one of the most common painful mucosal diseases seen in the oral cavity of patients. Pathogenesis and etiology of this disorder is still unclear. RAS is categorized into minor, major, and herpetiform ulcers. Ulcers classified as minor, consist more than 85% cases of RAS. The goal of this study was to review the e...

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the prevalence of oral mucosal lesions in Manipal, Karnataka State, India. A total of 1190 subjects who visited the department of oral medicine and radiology for diagnosis of various oral complaints over a period of 3 months were interviewed and clinically examined for oral mucosal lesions. The result showed the presence of one or more mucosal le...

Behçet's disease (BD) is a multi-system disorder (etiologically unknown) presenting with oral and genital aphthae, arthritis, cutaneous lesions, eye lesions and central nervous system involvement. Although found worldwide, it is mostly reported in Turkey and Japan, followed by Middle East and Mediterranean area as other regions according to its prevalence (1,2). Diagnosis is made clinically. In...