Sarcoidosis: Oral and extra-oral manifestation

Sarcoidosis: Oral and extra-oral manifestation

Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disease, which is usually associated with the formation of noncaseating granulomas in affected tissues and organs. It is mostly present with bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, pulmonary infiltration, ocular, and cutaneous lesions. Oral manifestations of this...

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Main Authors: Gupta, Sanjay, Tripathi, Amitandra Kumar, Kumar, Vivek, Saimbi, Charanjit Singh
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4645548/
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spelling pubmed-46455482015-12-07 Sarcoidosis: Oral and extra-oral manifestation Gupta, Sanjay Tripathi, Amitandra Kumar Kumar, Vivek Saimbi, Charanjit Singh Case Report Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disease, which is usually associated with the formation of noncaseating granulomas in affected tissues and organs. It is mostly present with bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, pulmonary infiltration, ocular, and cutaneous lesions. Oral manifestations of this disease are relatively rare. The present case report shows a 40-year-old male with lesions in the soft tissue of oral cavity (buccal mucosa, gingiva, and palate) and a diagnosis of sarcoidosis was established following hematological, biochemical and pulmonary function tests, chest radiograph, and histopathological investigation. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4645548/ /pubmed/26644728 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-124X.167167 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology 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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author Gupta, Sanjay
Tripathi, Amitandra Kumar
Kumar, Vivek
Saimbi, Charanjit Singh
spellingShingle Gupta, Sanjay
Tripathi, Amitandra Kumar
Kumar, Vivek
Saimbi, Charanjit Singh
Sarcoidosis: Oral and extra-oral manifestation
author_facet Gupta, Sanjay
Tripathi, Amitandra Kumar
Kumar, Vivek
Saimbi, Charanjit Singh
author_sort Gupta, Sanjay
title Sarcoidosis: Oral and extra-oral manifestation
title_short Sarcoidosis: Oral and extra-oral manifestation
title_full Sarcoidosis: Oral and extra-oral manifestation
title_fullStr Sarcoidosis: Oral and extra-oral manifestation
title_full_unstemmed Sarcoidosis: Oral and extra-oral manifestation
title_sort sarcoidosis: oral and extra-oral manifestation
description Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disease, which is usually associated with the formation of noncaseating granulomas in affected tissues and organs. It is mostly present with bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, pulmonary infiltration, ocular, and cutaneous lesions. Oral manifestations of this disease are relatively rare. The present case report shows a 40-year-old male with lesions in the soft tissue of oral cavity (buccal mucosa, gingiva, and palate) and a diagnosis of sarcoidosis was established following hematological, biochemical and pulmonary function tests, chest radiograph, and histopathological investigation.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4645548/
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