Diseases presenting with vesicular and erosive lesions of oral mucous membranes

Abstract

Disorders of the oral mucosa are an area of interdisciplinary cooperation involving physicians from a diverse range of medical specialties. Diseases characterized by a similar mucosal abnormalities include lichen planus, pemphigus vulgaris, paraneoplastic pemphigus, mucous membrane pemphigoid, epidermolysis bullosa acquisita, linear IgA bullous dermatosis and chronic ulcerative stomatitis.

Keywords

• lichen planus
• pemphigus vulgaris
• paraneoplastic pemphigus
• mucous membrane pemphigoid
• epidermolysis bullosa acquisita
• chronic ulcerative stomatitis