introduction vincent’s angina refers to acute necrotizing ulcerative lesions of the oral mucosal membranes and tonsils. case presentation; in this case, we report a 17-year old girl with emotional stress referred with symptoms of vincent’s angina. gram staining showed numerous fusospirochetal bacteria. with antibiotic therapy, amoxicillin and cephalexin, no clinical improvement was observed but...

PURPOSE To report a case of peripheral ulcerative keratitis and necrotizing scleritis precipitated by trauma in a patient with mixed cryoglobulinemia due to hepatitis C viral infection. METHODS Case report and literature review. RESULTS A 62-year-old man with a history of mixed cryoglobulinemia developed an episode of necrotizing scleritis and peripheral ulcerative keratitis one month after...

INTRODUCTION To evaluate the complications, efficacy of medical and surgical treatment, and outcome in patients with necrotizing scleritis and peripheral ulcerative keratitis associated with Wegener's granulomatosis. METHODS The authors reviewed a series of seven patients with Wegener's granulomatosis treated in the Corneal Department of Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center and the Department of Ophth...

Necrotizing gingival disorders are rare conditions of the gingival tissues. Patients typically present with severe discomfort, halitosis, bleeding, and ulcerated oral tissues. This condition will typically present in patients who are under psychological stress, malnourished, and/or who are immunosuppressed. This case report will present a patient with acute ulcerative necrotizing gingivitis (AN...

Diseases of intestinal inflammation, including Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis and necrotizing enterocolitis, cause substantial acute and chronic disability in a large proportion of the population. Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, which are collectively referred to as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), lead to recurrent episodes of intestinal dysfunction and systemic illness, whereas ...

In this paper the terms necrotizing gingivitis (NG) and necrotizing periodontitis (NP) will be used in preference to the customary terms necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis (NUG) and necrotizing ulcerative periodontitis (NUP) which in our opinion are inappropriate because in NG, ulceration is not a primary feature, but is secondary to necrosis of the gingival margins; and in NP, the necrotizing d...

Necrotizing scleritis is an immune-mediated ocular inflammatory process, characterized by an area of avascular necrosis and a profound inflammation of the sclera and episclera. Necrotizing scleritis and its association with peripheral ulcerative keratitis--necrotizing sclerokeratitis (NS)--represents a serious threat for vision and eye integrity, evolves very fast if untreated, and its finding ...