Reflectance confocal microscopy as a new tool in thein vivoevaluation of desquamative gingivitis: patterns in mucous membrane pemphigoid, pemphigus vulgaris and oral lichen planus

2012 ◽  
Vol 168 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.S. Alessi ◽  
M.M.S. Nico ◽  
J.D. Fernandes ◽  
S.V. Lourenço
Proceedings ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 2
Author(s):  
Paola Carcieri

Desquamative gingivitis (DG) isn’t a specific disorder; it simply represents the gingival manifestation associated with some heterogeneous mucocutaneous disorders, such as oral lichen planus (OLP), mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP), pemphigus vulgaris (PV), plasma cell gingivitis (PCG) and few others. [...]


Diagnostics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1453
Author(s):  
Vera Panzarella ◽  
Alessia Bartolone ◽  
Vito Rodolico ◽  
Giorgia Capocasale ◽  
Laura Maniscalco ◽  
...  

Desquamative Gingivitis (DG) comprises heterogeneous clinical manifestations of numerous immune-mediated muco-cutaneous diseases. Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) has been proposed as a valuable diagnostic support even if, to date, there are no standardized OCT-diagnostic patterns applicable to DGs. A systematic review was performed to detect existing data on in vivo OCT diagnostic patterns of the most common immune-mediated DGs (i.e., pemphigus vulgaris, mucous membrane pemphigoid and oral lichen planus). It has been found that OCT exhibits specific patterns that address the diagnosis of DG by pemphigus vulgaris (i.e., intraepithelial unilocular blister, reduced epithelial thickness, presence of acantholytic cells in the blister) and by mucous membrane pemphigoid (i.e., subepithelial multilocular blister, presence of inflammatory infiltrate), but not by oral lichen planus. These patterns could offer an attractive diagnostic OCT framework to support the clinical preliminary assessment and monitoring of these complex pathological conditions.


2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (8) ◽  
pp. 940-945 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Contaldo ◽  
Dario Di Stasio ◽  
Massimo Petruzzi ◽  
Rosario Serpico ◽  
Alberta Lucchese

2015 ◽  
Vol 55 (6) ◽  
pp. 657-665 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aoi Fukuda ◽  
Akio Himejima ◽  
Daisuke Tsuruta ◽  
Hiroshi Koga ◽  
Bungo Ohyama ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Villa ◽  
Francesco Nordio ◽  
Laura Strohmenger ◽  
Silvio Abati

Background: Histopathological examination remains the gold standard for the diagnosis of oral mucosal lesions. To date little is known on the clinical–pathologic agreement for oral lesions diagnosed by oral medicine experts.  Objective: This retrospective study attempts to quantify the clinical–pathologic agreement for oral lesions diagnosed by oral medicine experts. Methods: Data were collected retrospectively from the medical records of all new oral medicine consultations. The clinical diagnosis provided by an oral medicine expert was compared to the histopathological diagnosis. Clinical–pathologic agreement was estimated as the percentage agreement and was measured using weighted Kappa. Results: The most common oral lesions were oral lichen planus (34.7%), traumatic fibroma (23.4%), squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) or severe dysplasia (6.7%), mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP) (5.7%), leukoplakia (5.6%) and squamous papilloma (4.3%). The overall clinical–pathologic agreement for all lesions had a weighted kappa of 0.81 [95%CI 0.78% to 0.85%]. The concordance for the most common oral lesions in the study population was 90.2%, with a weighted kappa of 0.88 [95%CI 0.85% to 0.92%]. The clinical–pathologic agreement for SCC/severe dysplasia was 78.7%, for traumatic fibroma 91.4%, for leukoplakia 97.4%, for oral lichen planus 93.8%, for squamous papilloma 96.7% and for MMP 65%. Conclusions: The overall concordance between clinical and histopathological diagnosis for oral lesions was excellent. Dentists have the unique opportunity to refer patients to oral medicine experts for diagnosis and management of oral diseases. Given their expertise patients may require fewer visits for diagnostic purposes.


2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 343-350
Author(s):  
Ibrahim El-Refai ◽  
Amira Maged ◽  
Dina El-Saady

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