Varicella: generalized papulo-vesicular exanthema with infestation of the oral mucosa; typical is the infestation of the hard palate, here marked by arrows.
Lichen planus mucosae: small, white or opalescent spots and papules of the buccal mucosa, which condense into flat plaques at the end of the teeth, and which do not cause any significant discomfort.
Stevens-Johnson syndrome: acute, extensive, painful erosions of the red of the lips, the lip mucosa, the tongue and the gingiva in an 18-year-old woman.
Pemphigus vulgaris: 63-year-old patient with a pemphigus vulgaris (mucocutaneous type) that has existed for 3 years; extensive painful erosions of the oral mucosa.
Hair leukoplakia orale. "Classic finding" with completely sympotmless, not strippable, flat, white plaques in the area of the lateral edge of the tongue in HIV-infected persons.
Lichen planus mucosae: white papules and plaques of the buccal mucosa, which condense at the end of the teeth. sporadically also splatter-like whitish papules. the mucosal changes have existed for a few months and occurred in the context of an exanthematic lichen planus.
Lichen planus mucosae: a dissociative transformation of the lesions of the lichen planus on the lips and oralmucosa, which has existed for about 1 decade, and at this stage a focal carcinomatous transformation has already been demonstrated.
Differential diagnosis Lichen planus mucosae - present mucosal changes in systemic lupus erythematosus with white veil-like plaques and extensive (painful) erosions of the buccal mucosa; plaques in the region of the dental fissure densified.
angiofibroma of the oral mucosa: nodularly distended angiofibroma of the oral mucosa. no signs of inflammation, no indication of malignancy. no relevant complaints. differential diagnosis is a mucosal granuloma after bite injury. image from the collection of Dr. Michael Hambardzumyan
Pseudoxanthoma elasticum: Unusual infestation of the lip mucosa with symptomless, yellowish-white deposits, which correspond to the elastotic collagen changes of the mucosa.
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