Background and Objective. Oral lichen planus (OLP) is a common chronic mucocutaneous disease. OLP can occur in different oral sites such as gingiva. The purpose of study was to evaluate the periodontal status of OLP patients with desquamative gingivitis (DG) and compare it with that of healthy control. Methods. This study was case-control. 32 patients with gingival OLP as a case group and 32 he...

A 36-year-old Thai woman presented with a painful, burning sensation in the gingiva and desquamative gingivitis. Findings from histopathologic and direct immunofluorescence examination of the maxillary gingiva confirmed a diagnosis of pemphigus. Two months later, she developed a round erythematous lesion on her face, and findings from a skin biopsy were consistent with lupus erythematosus. Four...

Tuberculosis is described as “king of diseases” in the Vedas and has been mentioned by Sushruta and Chakra in 600 B.C. Tuberculosis is a chronic infectious disease of worldwide prevalence, caused by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. The primary site of infection is usually the lungs, although it can affect any part of the body, including the oral cavity. Although oral manifestations of tuberculosis a...

The oral mucosa may be affected by a variety of systemic diseases and oral lesions most often may precede several mucocutaneous or systemic disorders. The systemic basis for many of the oral lesions is not clearly known. One such oral disease which may have a strong systemic basis for its pathogenesis is chronic desquamative gingivitis (CDG). In the literature there are conflicting reports as t...

Pemphigoid is a group of bullous diseases that have a diversified morphologic presentation and affects skin, oral mucosa and other mucosal membranes alone or in combination. In the literature, the condition has been subclassified into bullous pemphigoid and cicatricial pemphigoid (Mucous membrane pemphigoid) on the basis of primary organ of involvement. Oral pemphigoid, defined as cicatricial p...

BACKGROUND Certain mucocutaneous diseases present with painful, ulcerative, or erosive oral manifestations. Chronic ulcerative stomatitis is a newly recognized disease of unknown origin which presents clinically with features of desquamative gingivitis. This report marks only the thirteenth case reported in the world literature. A review of previous reports and studies is presented along with a...

Erythema multiforme is an acute mucocutaneous disorder, characterized by varying degrees of blistering and ulceration. We report a case of recurrent herpes-associated erythema multiforme managed with prophylactic acyclovir. An 11-year-old boy had lesions in the oral cavity and lips, which had been diagnosed as erythema multiforme minor. Four months later, the patient had desquamative gingivitis...