Clinicopathological diagnosis of orofacial granulomatosis
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Fatma Sule Afsar; Hatice Demirlendi Duran; Gungor Yilmaz; Murat Ermete
- Source
- Indian Dermatology Online Journal, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 32-34 (2017)
- Subject
- Oral mucosa
orofacial granulomatosis
pathology
Dermatology
RL1-803
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2229-5178
Orofacial granulomatosis is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder characterized by persistent or recurrent soft tissue swellings, oral ulceration, and other orofacial features in the absence of an identifiable granulomatous disease. We report a case of a 61-year-old woman with recurrent ulcerations and swellings in her oral mucosa. She was diagnosed as orofacial granulomatosis based upon clinicopathological correlation after exclusion of other granulomatous diseases and showed a favorable response to systemic corticosteroid treatment.