CHRONIC STOMATITIS - AN EARLY SIGN OF CROHNS-DISEASE

Authors
DUNLAP CL FRIESEN CA SHULTZ R
Citation
Cl. Dunlap et al., CHRONIC STOMATITIS - AN EARLY SIGN OF CROHNS-DISEASE, The Journal of the American Dental Association, 128(3), 1997, pp. 347-348
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
The Journal of the American Dental Association → ACNP
ISSN journal
00028177
Volume
128
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
347 - 348
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-8177(1997)128:3<347:CS-AES>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The authors describe an 11-year-old boy who had persistent oral lesion s that clinically mimicked first-episode herpetic stomatitis. A biopsy revealed noncaseating sterile granulomas. Investigation of the small and large bowels revealed that the child had Crohn's disease. The oral lesions responded favorably to topical steroid therapy. The authors a lso discuss the range of oral lesions in inflammatory bowel disease an d the differential diagnoses.