Orofacial granulomatosis treated with low-level laser therapy: A case report

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Merigo, Elisabetta ^a   Fornaini, Carlo ^a   Manfredi, Maddalena ^a   Meleti, Marco ^a   Alberici, Federico ^a   Corcione, Luigi ^a   Buzio, Carlo ^a   Rocca, Jean Paul ^b   Ferri, Teore ^a   Vescovi, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862536223     PISSN: 22124403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oooo.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Wiesenfeld D, Ferguson MM, Mitchell DN, MacDonald DG, Scully C, Cochran K, Russell RI. Oro-facial granulomatosis-a clinical and pathological analysis. Q J Med 1985;54:101-13. (Pubitemid 15134933)
2. Leão JC, Hodgson T, Scully C, Porter S. Review article: orofacial granulomatosis. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2004;20:1019-27. (Pubitemid 39657934)
3. Al Johani K, Moles DR, Hodgson T, Porter SR, Fedele S. Onset and progression of clinical manifestations of orofacial granulomatosis. Oral Dis 2009;15:214-9.
4. Sciubba JJ, Said-Al-Naief N. Orofacial granulomatosis: presentation, pathology and management of 13 cases. J Oral Pathol Med 2003;32:576-85. (Pubitemid 37328576)
5. Ziem PE, Pfrommer C, Goerdt S, Orfanos CE, Blume-Peytavi U. Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome in childhood: a challenge in differential diagnosis and treatment. Br J Dermatol 2000;143: 860-3.
6. Challacombe SJ. Oro-facial granulomatosis and oral Crohns disease: are they specific diseases and do they predict systemic Crohn's disease? Oral Dis 1997;3:127-9.
7. Tilakaratne WM, Freysdottir J, Fortune F. Orofacial granulomatosis: review on aetiology and pathogenesis. J Oral Pathol Med 2008;37:191-5. (Pubitemid 351347602)
8. Ramesh V. Orofacial granulomatosis due to tuberculosis. Pediatr Dermatol 2009;26:108-9.
9. Grave B, McCullough M, Wiesenfeld D. Orofacial granulomatosis- a 20-year review. Oral Dis 2009;15:46-51.
10. van der Waal RI, Schulten EA, van der Meij EH, van de Scheur MR, Starink TM, van der Waal I. Cheilitis granulomatosa: overview of 13 patients with long-term follow-up-results of management. Int J Dermatol 2002;41:225-9. (Pubitemid 34601127)
11. Mignogna MD, Fedele S, Lo Russo L, Adamo D, Satriano RA. Effectiveness of small-volume, intralesional, delayed-release triamcinolone injections in orofacial granulomatosis: a pilot study. J Am Acad Dermatol 2004;51:265-8.
12. Hegarty A, Hodgson T, Porter S. Thalidomide for the treatment of recalcitrant oral Crohn's disease and orofacial granulomatosis. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 2003;95: 576-85. (Pubitemid 36886705)
13. Tonkovic-Capin V, Galbraith SS, Rogers RS 3rd, Binion DG, Yancey KB. Cutaneous Crohn's disease mimicking Melkersson- Rosenthal syndrome: treatment with methotrexate. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2006;20:449-52.
14. Peitsch WK, Kemmler N, Goerdt S, Goebeler M. Infliximab: a novel treatment option for refractory orofacial granulomatosis. Acta Derm Venereol 2007;87:265-6. (Pubitemid 47226898)
15. Hodgson TA, Buchanan JA, Porter SR. Orofacial granulomatosis. J Oral Pathol Med 2004;33:252.
16. Forney R, Mauro T. Using lasers in diabetic wound healing. Diabetes Technol Ther 1999;1:189-92.
17. Sun G, Tunér J. Low-level laser therapy in dentistry. Dent Clin North Am 2004;48:1061-76. (Pubitemid 39298050)
18. Yu W, Naim JO, Lanzafame RJ. Effects of photostimulation on wound healing in diabetic mice. Lasers Surg Med 1997;20: 56-63. (Pubitemid 27121396)
19. Maiya GA, Kumar P, Rao L. Effect of low intensity helium-neon (He-Ne) laser irradiation on diabetic wound healing dynamics. Photomed Laser Surg 2005;23:187-90. (Pubitemid 40720988)
20. Maiya GA, Kumar P, Nayak S. Photostimulatory effect of low energy helium-neon laser irradiation on excisional diabetic wound healing dynamics in Wistar rats. Indian J Dermatol 2009;54:323-9.
21. Sakurai Y, Yamaguchi M, Abiko Y. Inhibitory effect of lowlevel laser irradiation on LPS-stimulated prostaglandin E2 production and cyclooxygenase-2 in human gingival fibroblasts. Eur J Oral Sci 2000;108:29-34.
22. Gavish L, Perez L, Gertz SD. Low-level laser irradiation modulates matrix metalloproteinase activity and gene expression in porcine aortic smooth muscle cells. Lasers Surg Med 2006;38: 779-86. (Pubitemid 44522034)
23. Aimbire F, Albertini R, Pacheco MT, Castro-Faria-Neto HC, Leonardo PS, Iversen VV, et al. Low-level laser therapy induces dose-dependent reduction of TNFalpha levels in acute inflammation. Photomed Laser Surg 2006;24:33-7.
24. Yu W, Naim JO, Lanzafame RJ. Expression of growth factors in early wound healing in rat skin. Lasers Surg Med 1994;15:281-9. (Pubitemid 24346981)
25. Kipshidze N, Nikolaychik V, Keelan MH, Shankar LR, Khanna A, Kornowski R, et al. Low-power helium: neon laser irradiation enhances production of vascular endothelial growth factor and promotes growth of endothelial cells in vitro. Lasers Surg Med 2001;28:355-64. (Pubitemid 32411118)
26. Tuby H, Maltz L, Oron U. Modulations of VEGF and iNOS in the rat heart by low level laser therapy are associated with cardioprotection and enhanced angiogenesis. Lasers Surg Med 2006;38:682-8. (Pubitemid 44300942)
27. Yu W, Naim JO, Lanzafame RJ. The effect of laser irradiation on the release of bFGF from 3T3 fibroblasts. Photochem Photobiol 1994;59:167-70. (Pubitemid 2060543)
28. Tomka M, Machovcová A, Pelclová D, Petanová J, Arenbergerová M, Procházková J. Orofacial granulomatosis associated with hypersensitivity to dental amalgam. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 2011;112:335-41.
29. Wolkenstein P, Latarjet J, Roujeau JC, Duguet C, Boudeau S, Vaillant L, et al. Randomised comparison of thalidomide versus placebo in toxic epidermal necrolysis. Lancet 1998;352:1586-9. (Pubitemid 28515243)
30. Mahadevan U, Sandborn WJ. Infliximab for the treatment of orofacial Crohn's disease. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2001;7:38-42.
31. Elliott E, Campbell H, Escudier M, Poate T, Nunes C, Lomer M, et al. Experience with anti-TNF-α therapy for orofacial granulomatosis. J Oral Pathol Med 2011;40:14-9.
32. Mester E, Mester AF, Mester A. The biomedical effects of laser application. Lasers Surg Med 1985;5:31-9. (Pubitemid 15130026)
33. Bjordal JM, Bensadoun RJ, Tunèr J, Frigo L, Gjerde K, Lopes- Martins RA. A systematic review with meta-analysis of the effect of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) in cancer therapy-induced oral mucositis. Support Care Cancer 2011;19:1069-77.
34. de Carvalho RR, de Paula Eduardo F, Ramalho KM, Antunes JL, Bezinelli LM, de Magalhães MH, et al. Effect of laser phototherapy on recurring herpes labialis prevention: an in vivo study. Lasers Med Sci 2010;25:397-402.
35. Yilmaz HG, Kusakci-Seker B, Bayindir H, Tözüm TF. Lowlevel laser therapy in the treatment of mucous membrane pemphigoid: a promising procedure. J Periodontol 2010;81:1226-30.
36. De Souza TO, Martins MA, Bussadori SK, Fernandes KP, Tanji EY, Mesquita-Ferrari RA, et al. Clinical evaluation of low-level laser treatment for recurring aphthous stomatitis. Photomed Laser Surg 2010;28:S85-8.
37. Cafaro A, Albanese G, Arduino PG, Mario C, Massolini G, Mozzati M, Broccoletti R. Effect of low-level laser irradiation on unresponsive oral lichen planus: early preliminary results in 13 patients. Photomed Laser Surg 2010;28:S99-103.