Psoriasis is primarily an inherited inflammatory skin disease, it is characterized by erythemato-squamous lesions that usually involve elbows, knees and the scalp. Oral manifestations are rare in psoriasis, infact, oral psoriasis involves 2% of psoriatic patients and usually it is observed with the onset of cutaneous lesions and progresses with them. Differential diagnosis should be done for Reiter's syndrome, leukoplakia and geographic tongue. The authors describe a case of tongue psoriasis without cutaneous lesions.
Psoriasis of the dorsal surface of the tongue / DE BIASE, Alberto; Guerra, Fabrizio; Polimeni, Antonella; Ottolenghi, Livia; M., Pezza; Richetta, Antonio Giovanni. - In: MINERVA STOMATOLOGICA. - ISSN 0026-4970. - 54:9(2005), pp. 525-529.
Psoriasis of the dorsal surface of the tongue.
DE BIASE, Alberto;GUERRA, Fabrizio;POLIMENI, Antonella;OTTOLENGHI, Livia;RICHETTA, Antonio Giovanni
2005
Abstract
Psoriasis is primarily an inherited inflammatory skin disease, it is characterized by erythemato-squamous lesions that usually involve elbows, knees and the scalp. Oral manifestations are rare in psoriasis, infact, oral psoriasis involves 2% of psoriatic patients and usually it is observed with the onset of cutaneous lesions and progresses with them. Differential diagnosis should be done for Reiter's syndrome, leukoplakia and geographic tongue. The authors describe a case of tongue psoriasis without cutaneous lesions.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
