SEVERE EROSIVE STOMATITIS - ASSOCIATION WITH IMMUNOLOGICAL DISEASES

We present 2 cases of severe erosive stomatitis. The first case involv es the rare association of an extensive, erosive lichen planus with a Castleman's tumor. The second case involves the association of lichen planus pemphigoides with severe, obstructive lung disease (bronchiolit is obliterans). We believe that in both cases the conjunction of these conditions is not fortuitous but perhaps due to an underlying immune dysfunction. With patients presenting a severe, therapy-resistant, ero sive stomatitis, one should be alerted to the possibility of immunolog ical diseases and/or tumors.