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Gingival Vitiligo: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature

Rarely cases have been reported regarding depigmented lesions of the oral cavity. On reviewing the literature, only few cases of gingival vitiligo or similar lesions have been reported till date. These lesions pose a cosmetic challenge. We present here a case of vitiligo affecting gingiva. Vitiligo...

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Autores principales: Ashok, Nipun, Karunakaran, Anila, Singh, Prabath, Rodrigues, Jean, Ashok, Navya, Tarakji, Bassel, Saleh, Azzeghaiby, Ibrahim, Alzoghaibi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4074980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25013731
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/874025
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author Ashok, Nipun
Karunakaran, Anila
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Rodrigues, Jean
Ashok, Navya
Tarakji, Bassel
Saleh, Azzeghaiby
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description Rarely cases have been reported regarding depigmented lesions of the oral cavity. On reviewing the literature, only few cases of gingival vitiligo or similar lesions have been reported till date. These lesions pose a cosmetic challenge. We present here a case of vitiligo affecting gingiva. Vitiligo has been defined as an acquired, slowly progressive loss of cutaneous pigment which occurs as irregular, sharply defined patches which may or may not be surrounded by macroscopic hyperpigmentation. Differential diagnosis, detailed clinical history, histopathology, immunohistochemistry, and pathogenesis of this condition are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-40749802014-07-10 Gingival Vitiligo: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature Ashok, Nipun Karunakaran, Anila Singh, Prabath Rodrigues, Jean Ashok, Navya Tarakji, Bassel Saleh, Azzeghaiby Ibrahim, Alzoghaibi Case Rep Dent Case Report Rarely cases have been reported regarding depigmented lesions of the oral cavity. On reviewing the literature, only few cases of gingival vitiligo or similar lesions have been reported till date. These lesions pose a cosmetic challenge. We present here a case of vitiligo affecting gingiva. Vitiligo has been defined as an acquired, slowly progressive loss of cutaneous pigment which occurs as irregular, sharply defined patches which may or may not be surrounded by macroscopic hyperpigmentation. Differential diagnosis, detailed clinical history, histopathology, immunohistochemistry, and pathogenesis of this condition are discussed. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-06-11 /pmc/articles/PMC4074980/ /pubmed/25013731 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/874025 Text en Copyright © 2014 Nipun Ashok et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Ashok, Nipun
Karunakaran, Anila
Singh, Prabath
Rodrigues, Jean
Ashok, Navya
Tarakji, Bassel
Saleh, Azzeghaiby
Ibrahim, Alzoghaibi
Gingival Vitiligo: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature
title Gingival Vitiligo: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature
title_full Gingival Vitiligo: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature
title_fullStr Gingival Vitiligo: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature
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title_short Gingival Vitiligo: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4074980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25013731
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/874025
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