Darier disease, also known as keratosis follicularis or dyskeratosis follicularis, is a rare autosomal dominant genodermatosis. It is clinically manifested by hyperkeratotic papules primarily affecting seborrheic areas on the head, neck and thorax, with less frequent involvement of the oral mucosa. When oral manifestations are present, they primarily affect the palatal and alveolar mucosa, are ...

Chagas disease (ChD) or American trypanosomiasis since its discovery by Carlos Chagas nearly 100 years ago is the most common cause of myocarditis in South, Central and parts of North America. More than 10 million Latin Americans carry the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, 25 millions of people are at risk to acquire the disease and at least one million of them will die, within a 10 year mo...

Neurofibromatosis (NF) is a genetically transmitted autosomal dominant disorder with variable penetrance and about 50% of cases representing new mutations. It is progressive in nature and one of its unique feature is the diversity of clinical expression from one patient to another and even within a family. The disease is often characterized by complex and multicellular neurofibroma. It may also...

The recent report on ‘‘Oral manifestations of dengue viral infection’’ is very interesting. Fernandes et al. noted on ‘‘uncommon oral manifestations’’ in dengue. In fact, dengue is a highly endemic infection in many tropical countries. In tropical Southeast Asia, this infection is very common. I would like to share the experience from Thailand, a Country with extremely high prevalence on dengue...

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Lymphoma is a malignant disease with two forms: Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is diagnosed in extranodal sites in 40% of cases, and the head and neck region is the second most affected, with an incidence of 11-33%, while HL has a very low incidence in extranodal sites (1-4%). The aim of this study was to identify the oral manifestations of lymp...

Achondroplasia a common form of dwarfism, caused by a single recurrent point mutation in more than 97% of patients, is an autosomal dominant disorder with an incidence of approximately 1/7500. The name of this disease was called Chondrodystrophia foetalis before Parrot in 1878 reported the name of this disease as Achondroplasia, distinguished from other similar diseases. The present case report...

The clinical manifestations of the oral lesions are numerous each having their own peculiarities. The Dental-Surgeon should be familiar with the various stages of manifestation of the disease for his own protection, for the good of his patients and the safety of the society. Since the oral lesions may be present in all stages of the disease and since they are second in frequency to the genital ...

Lesions of the oral mucous membrane related to endocrine seasons such as menstruation, pregnancy, and the menopause, or to allergic states have usually been described as individual case reports. This paper deals with diagnoses and therapeutics in a group of patients with such lesions, seen in the New Haven Hospital. It presents clinical studies only, except in two instances in which biopsies we...

It's difficult to establish the real risks associated with all forms of oral sex and the contribution they may make to the overall number of newly diagnosed cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). This article reviews the literature on the role of oral sex in the transmission of STIs and the corresponding clinical presentations. Oral sex is becoming a common sexual practice between bot...