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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic, systemic pathology with an autoimmune pathogenesis, characterised by variable development and prognosis. From an epidemiological point of view, its frequency varies throughout the world and it affects between 20 to 70 cases out of every 100.000. As is the case with other autoimmune diseases, SLE...

Linear IgA disease is also known as linear IgA bullous dermatosis; it is a rare, chronic, autoimmune pathology, affecting the skin and mucous membrane. It is subdivided into two types depending on the age of onset: adult and child bullous IgA dermatosis. As stated, this pathology is extremely rare and occurs mainly in China...

A fibroma is a benign sessile neo-formation, which is covered in pink, healthy mucosa (occasionally keratinized), not painful, with a hardish-elastic texture, and often situated on the buccal mucosa or the internal labial mucosa. It varies in size, often originating after an acute or chronic trauma (e.g. traumatic occlusion). Such a case...

A lymphoma is a malignant neoplasm, originating from lymphocytes. It is rather rare in the oral cavity and it usually originates from B lymphocytes. The signs and symptoms of lymphoma are particularly varied: for example, an intraoral swelling, a painless ulcer or sudden teeth loosening leading to tooth loss, paresthesia and fractured bones.

Herpangina is a viral infection caused by various sub-types of Coxsackie A and B and various sub-types of the ECHO virus. It affects mostly children between 3 and 10 years of age and – rarely – adults. With their vesicular appearance, tending to ulcerating in a short period of time, lesions are usually...

Submandibular sialolithiasis, also defined as salivary calculi, is a pathology caused by the formation of mineral masses on the salivary glands. It is more common on the submandibular gland due to the tortuous winding of the duct. The calculi are generally formed following the formation of small, mucous mass which partially blocks the ducts....

Include a broad group of oral mucosa lesions which share clinical characteristics and histological criteria with Oral Lichen Planus (OLP); they are indicative of disease or different, localised conditions. The best known lichenoid lesions (LL) are:LL from contact with dental material, specifically amalgam, presenting close to an amalgam filling. They are neither...

Lichenoid lesions include a broad group of oral mucosa lesions which share clinical characteristics and histological criteria with Oral Lichen Planus (OLP); although the infiltrate is mixed (plasma cells, eosinophils, and neutrophils)The etiology of OLL is usually identifiable and are indicative of disease or different, localised conditions.  The best known lichenoid lesions (LL) are:-...

An amalgam tattoo is a pigmentation of the mucosa, situated near to amalgam restoration (also if the latter is not more present). On degrading, the amalgam products are deposited between the keratinocyte tissue, thereby producing an abnormal, greyish colouration of the tissue. This is totally asymptomatic, only requiring treatment for aesthetic reasons.

A leiomyoma is a benign tumour which originates in smooth muscle cells. It occurs mainly in the uterus, the stomach and the oesophagus. In the oral cavity, a leiomyoma lesion is rare, presenting clinically as a sub-mucosal mass, which is asymptomatic and generally slow-growing. A leiomyoma can occur at any age, and most...