Pyostomatitis vegetans as an early sign of reactivation of Crohn's disease: A case report

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1512-1516

  Ayangco, Lilibeth ^a   Rogers III, Roy S ^a   Sheridan, Phillip J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscess, miliary; Crohn's disease; Fluocinonide therapeutic use; Inflammatory bowel diseases; Mouth lesions; Pyostomatitis vegetans; Snail track lesions

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUOCINONIDE; MESALAZINE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG FORMULATION; ENTERITIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUTH CAVITY; ORAL BIOPSY; PYOSTOMATITIS VEGETANS; RECURRENT DISEASE; STOMATITIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

ADULT; AMINOSALICYLIC ACIDS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUOCINONIDE; HUMANS; STOMATITIS; SUPPURATION;

EID: 0036960071     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2002.73.12.1512     Document Type: Article

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