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Eosinophilic ulcer of the tongue masquerading as malignant ulcer: An unexplored distinct pathology

Eosinophilic ulcer (EU) is a rare self-limiting chronic benign ulcerative lesion of the oral mucosa often misdiagnosed as oral malignancy. Its etiopathogenesis is ambiguous, but trauma plays an important role in the development. Microscopically, it is characterized by a polymorphic inflammatory infi...

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Autores principales: Sah, Kunal, Chandra, Sunira, Singh, Anil, Singh, Shweta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5596696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28932055
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jomfp.JOMFP_93_16
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Chandra, Sunira
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description Eosinophilic ulcer (EU) is a rare self-limiting chronic benign ulcerative lesion of the oral mucosa often misdiagnosed as oral malignancy. Its etiopathogenesis is ambiguous, but trauma plays an important role in the development. Microscopically, it is characterized by a polymorphic inflammatory infiltrate with a prominent eosinophilic component and large mononuclear cells extending deep into the submucosa, underlying muscle and salivary glands. We discuss a case of EU in a 55-year-old male, which presented with a symptomatic nonhealing ulcer on the right lateral border of the tongue and was further clinically misdiagnosed as malignant ulcer.
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spelling pubmed-55966962017-09-20 Eosinophilic ulcer of the tongue masquerading as malignant ulcer: An unexplored distinct pathology Sah, Kunal Chandra, Sunira Singh, Anil Singh, Shweta J Oral Maxillofac Pathol Case Report Eosinophilic ulcer (EU) is a rare self-limiting chronic benign ulcerative lesion of the oral mucosa often misdiagnosed as oral malignancy. Its etiopathogenesis is ambiguous, but trauma plays an important role in the development. Microscopically, it is characterized by a polymorphic inflammatory infiltrate with a prominent eosinophilic component and large mononuclear cells extending deep into the submucosa, underlying muscle and salivary glands. We discuss a case of EU in a 55-year-old male, which presented with a symptomatic nonhealing ulcer on the right lateral border of the tongue and was further clinically misdiagnosed as malignant ulcer. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5596696/ /pubmed/28932055 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jomfp.JOMFP_93_16 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Sah, Kunal
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Singh, Shweta
Eosinophilic ulcer of the tongue masquerading as malignant ulcer: An unexplored distinct pathology
title Eosinophilic ulcer of the tongue masquerading as malignant ulcer: An unexplored distinct pathology
title_full Eosinophilic ulcer of the tongue masquerading as malignant ulcer: An unexplored distinct pathology
title_fullStr Eosinophilic ulcer of the tongue masquerading as malignant ulcer: An unexplored distinct pathology
title_full_unstemmed Eosinophilic ulcer of the tongue masquerading as malignant ulcer: An unexplored distinct pathology
title_short Eosinophilic ulcer of the tongue masquerading as malignant ulcer: An unexplored distinct pathology
title_sort eosinophilic ulcer of the tongue masquerading as malignant ulcer: an unexplored distinct pathology
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5596696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28932055
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jomfp.JOMFP_93_16
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