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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Marcoval, Joaquim
• Mañá, Joan

Titel

Specific (granulomatous) oral lesions of sarcoidosis: report of two cases

Ist Teil von

• Medicina oral, patología oral y cirugía bucal, 2010-05, Vol.15 (3), p.e456-e458

Ort / Verlag

Spain: Medicina Oral SL

Erscheinungsjahr

2010

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Sarcoidosis is a multisystemic granulomatous disease of unknown aetiology that usually presents with bilateral hiliar adenopathies, pulmonary infiltrations, and ocular and cutaneous lesions. The specific cutaneous lesions, or granulomatous, are produced in from 9% to 37% of patients with systemic sarcoidosis. Nevertheless, few patients have been described having specific lesions from sarcoidosis in the oral mucous membrane. We present 2 patients with systemic sarcoidosis who developed specific sarcoidosis lesions in the oral mucous membrane. The first patient presented a plaque on the tongue of a chronic nature associated with facial lupus pernio. The second patient presented a rapidly growing nodular lesion on the lower lip that was in fact the presentation sign of the disease. Although infrequent, oral lesions may constitute the first sign of systemic sarcoidosis. For this reason the oral mucous membrane needs to be explored when there is suspicion of sarcoidosis, and systemic sarcoidosis must be included in the differential diagnosis of oral granulomatous lesions.