A Case of Pyostomatitis Vegetans which Comes with Ulcerative Colitis.
- Author:
Sun Hee SONG
1
;
Young Jun CHOI
;
June Sik PARK
;
Sang Sook LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medicine Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea. junesik@knu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Oral ulcer;
Inflammatory bowel disease;
Pustule
- MeSH:
Colitis, Ulcerative*;
Diagnosis;
Female;
Gingiva;
Humans;
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases;
Middle Aged;
Mucous Membrane;
Oral Ulcer;
Ulcer*
- From:Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
2003;46(11):990-992
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Pyostomatitis vegetans is a rare oral condition characterized by miliary pustules that primarily affect the labial gingiva as well as the buccal and labial mucosa. It is consistently associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and is a highly specific marker for IBD. Authors are reporting a 45 year-old female patient who developed pyostomatitis vegetans after she was diagnosed as having ulcerative colitis. Our experience indicates that there is an intimate relationship between pyostomatitis vegetans and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). In a pyostomatitis vegetans patient whose IBD is in dormant state, the diagnosis of IBD can be missed. It is imperative, therefore, to suspect IBD in a patient with pyostomatitis vegetans who has no gastrointestinal symptoms and recommend thorough investigational study of the gatrointestinal system.
