objectives: the purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of oral sucralfate suspension (1gr/10ml) in the treatment of recurrent aphthous stomatitis (ras). materials and methods: fifty-five patients with oral aphthae were included in this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial conducted in the department of oral medicine, school of dentistry, mashhad university of...

J Dent Health Oral Disord Ther 2016, 5(5): 00170 Abbreviations: CREST: Calcinosis Raynaud Phenomenon Esophageal Dismotility Sclerodactyly Teleangiectasia; GERD: Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease; CD: Celiac Disease; RAS: Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis; MiRAS: Mikulicz’s Aphthae; MaRAS: Sutton’s Aphthae; HeRAS: Herpetiform Aphthae; PFAPA: Periodic Fever Aphthous Stomatitis Pharyngitis and Adenitis...

Behcet’s disease is a multisystem disease characterized clinically by oral aphthae and occasionally by genital aphthae, cutaneous lesions such as pustular vasculitis, sweet syndrome-like, pyoderma gangrenosum-like and erythema nodosum-like lesions and variably present systemic features such as synovitis, anterior and posterior uveitis, meningoencephalitis and large vessel smaller vessel vascula...

Tuberculosis is caused by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacterium. Tuberculosis primarily affects the lungs. Patients mainly complain of cough, sputum, night sweating, weight loss, and fever. However, there may be cases of atypical presentations. Although aphthous mouth ulcers are mostly present in the oral cavity in primary tuberculosis patients, our literature search showed only one case rep...

Purpose: Although it is worth to investigate seasonality in a disease that has recurrent course, this issue not been dealt with sufficiently for Behçet’s disease. The aim of the study was evaluate whether or frequencies its mucocutaneous attacks varied between months year. 
 Materials and Methods: One hundred eight patients were retrospectively evaluated terms oral aphthae, genital ulcers,...

The clinical features, diagnostic considerations and recommended management for selected viral diseases, aphthae and decreased host resistance diseases affecting the oral cavities of young persons are presented. Viral diseases frequently present as subclassic disease manifested as transient gingivitis with little or no evidence of infection. Such viral diseases should be treated with general su...

A 23-year-old young man was referred to our department with the suspect diagnosis of bilateral hydatid cysts in the lungs. His current complaint was hemoptysis but on detailed questioning, recurrent episodes of oral and genital aphthae for the last 1 year were disclosed. Bilateral giant aneurysms were detected in the pulmonary arteries (Figs. 1 and 2). With the diagnosis of Behçet’s disease, he...

Behcet’s disease is a chronic, relapsing, inflammatory disease characterized by oral aphthae, genital ulcers, non-bacterial folliculitis, uveitis and erythema nodosum. The diagnosis of this condition is based on clinical criteria, as there is as yet no pathognomonic test, and mucocutaneous lesions, which are prominent in the presentation and diagnosis, may be considered the diagnostic hallmarks...

OBJECTIVE To determine the type and frequency of clinical features of Behçet's disease in a population of Italian patients. METHODS We retrospectively studied 137 Italian patients (76 males and 61 females, age at onset 29.6 +/- 12.2 [mean +/- SD] years) seen consecutively in nine different referral centers. The duration of follow-up at study entry was 10.9 +/- 8.2 years. Virtually all patient...

Behçet's disease (BD) was described as a three-symptom complex comprising uveitis, oral aphthae, and genital ulcerations. It is a multisystemic, recurrent, inflammatory disorder and it is of unknown cause. Neuro-Behçet (NB) is present in 5%-7% of BD. Movement disorders have rarely been reported in NB. Here, we report a case of chronic parenchymal NB presenting with chorea.