Pyostomatitis vegetans. A reactive mucosal marker for inflammatory disease of the gut

Arch Dermatol. 1985 Jan;121(1):94-8. doi: 10.1001/archderm.121.1.94.

Abstract

Pyostomatitis vegetans is a rarely occurring disorder of the oral mucosa, which has a dramatic clinical picture and a striking histopathologic pattern. Moreover, the condition is a highly specific oral mucosal marker for inflammatory bowel disease, particularly ulcerative colitis. Our findings in two cases and a review of the literature emphasize the relationship of pyostomatitis vegetans to inflammatory bowel disease and the vegetating dermatoses.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / complications
  • Colitis, Ulcerative / complications*
  • Colitis, Ulcerative / diagnosis
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mouth Mucosa / pathology*
  • Stomatitis, Aphthous / diagnosis
  • Stomatitis, Aphthous / etiology*
  • Stomatitis, Aphthous / pathology