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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5 Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
1980-7-12
pubmed:abstractText
The authors formed a Mouth Clinic at Sunnybrook Hospital in 1973 since when there have been 3025 patient visits. Those patients with chronic ulceration present a challenge, the diagnosis sometimes being difficult and therapy not rapidly effective. The differential diagnosis includes lichen planus, pemphigus vulgaris, benign mucous membrane pemphigoid, discoid lupus erythematosus, erythema multiforme, aphthous ulcers, Behcets disease, periadenitis mucosa necrotica recurrens, specific infections and iatrogenic causes. It is possible to reach a definite diagnosis in virtually every case by means of a good history and careful clinical examination supplemented by biopsies and in some cases direct and indirect immunofluorescent studies. Treatment emphasizes scrupulous attention to oral hygiene with baking soda mouthwashes and careful teeth cleaning to minimize the accumulation of dental plaque. Specific therapy includes topical steroids in lichen planus, intra muscular gold in benign mucous membrane pemphigoid, a previously unreported treatment which considerably improved seven out of ten patients, and tetracycline mouthwashes in aphthous ulcers.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0023-852X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
90
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
758-68
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:6990140-Behcet Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:6990140-Candidiasis, Oral, pubmed-meshheading:6990140-Chronic Disease, pubmed-meshheading:6990140-Diagnosis, Differential, pubmed-meshheading:6990140-Erythema Multiforme, pubmed-meshheading:6990140-Glucocorticoids, pubmed-meshheading:6990140-Gold, pubmed-meshheading:6990140-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:6990140-Lichen Planus, pubmed-meshheading:6990140-Lupus Erythematosus, Discoid, pubmed-meshheading:6990140-Mouth Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:6990140-Mouthwashes, pubmed-meshheading:6990140-Oral Hygiene, pubmed-meshheading:6990140-Pemphigus, pubmed-meshheading:6990140-Precancerous Conditions, pubmed-meshheading:6990140-Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous, pubmed-meshheading:6990140-Stomatitis, Aphthous, pubmed-meshheading:6990140-Ulcer
pubmed:year
1980
pubmed:articleTitle
Diagnosis and management of long-standing benign oral ulceration.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article