9: Allergies/Immunologic Diseases Flashcards
Elevated painful fungivform papillae often red, white or yellow in color with unknown etiology resolving on their own
Transient Lingual papillitis
This is a common oral mucosal pathoses that is caused by different things in different people, characterized by a large ulcer on nonkeratinized mucosa
Aphthous ulcer/Aphthous stomatitis/recurrent aphthous ulcer (RAU)
Layman’s term for Recurrent Aphthous ulcer(RAU)
Canker sore
7 factors that can contribute to Recurrent Aphthous Ulcer (RAU)
Allergies, Genetics, Nutritional deficiency, Hematologic abnormalities, Hormones, Trauma, Stress
9 systemic disorders associated with Recurrent Aphthous Ulcer (RAU)
Bechet’s Syndrome (ocular/orogenital lesions), Celiac disease (Gluten sensitivity in Small intestine), Cyclic neutropenia (cyclic low neutrophils ~21 days), Nutritional deficiencies, IgA deficiency, Immunocompromised, IBD, Reiter’s Syndrome (inflammatory arthritis, conjunctivitis, urethritis/cervicitis), Sweet’s syndrome (febrile neutrophilic dermatosis)
3 Clinical variations of aphthous ulcer
Minor 80% Major 10%
Herpetiform 10%
Aphthous ulcer variation with fewest recurrences, shortest duration, 1-5 lesions buccal and labial mucosa, but very painful?
Minor aphthous
Longest duration aphthous ulcer taking 2-6 weeks to heal, 1-10 lesions, labial mucosa, soft palate, tonsillar fauces, may cause scaring?
Major Aphthous
Aphthous ulcer with the most frequent recurrence, greatest number of lesion, up to 100?
Herpetiform Aphthous ulcers
If see HerpetiformAphthous ulcer, what should be done with medical history?
review med history to rule out underlying systemic disorder
2 drugs to treat Herpetiform Aphthous ulcer?
topical corticosteroids
Injections of triamcinolone acetonide
Tx for all 3 Aphthous type ulcers?
steroids
Multisystem disorder with oral, genital, or ocular lesions, always having oral lesions at some point, looking like aphthous ulcers?
Behcet’s syndrome
What is required to diagnose Bechet’s Syndrome
Recurrent oral ulcers w/ two of the following: Recurrent genital ulcers
Eye lesions, Skin lesions, Positive pathergy
What is positive pathergy associated with Bechet’s Syndrome?
Skin reaction to the injection of sterile saline
Where do aphthous ulcers associated with Behcet’s Syndrome appear orally?
Soft palate and oropharynz
Tx for Bechet’s Syndrome aphthous ulcers?
Topical or intralesional corticosteroids or oral colchicines or dapsone
Multisystem granulomatous disorder of unknown etiology?
Sarcoidosis
What race is more affected by Sarcoidosis?
Blacks, 10-17 times more than whites