Doing an immediate biopsy in patients with a suspicious oral lesion — or referring a patient to a specialist who can — remains the single most important recommendation made by the American Dental ...

Being able to accurately describe oral mucosal lesions -- even when they're not seen often in daily practice -- can help dental practitioners better diagnose and manage them, and provide more ...

Portal hypertensive colopathy (PHC) is a condition in which changes occur in the mucosal membrane of colon in patients affected with portal hypertension and liver cirrhosis. PHC is the main cause of ...

Benign migratory glossitis appears as irregular, maplike patches on the tongue (shown here). Become familiar with the cause, characteristics, and appropriate treatment of the most frequently seen ...

Painful inflammatory lesions of the skin and mucous membranes may occur in children who develop bacterial pneumonia. A research group at the University Children's Hospital Zurich has recently ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An 8-year-old boy presented to the ED with a fever and a painful rash involving his mouth, eyes and genitals. He ...

Gastric cancer is one of the main causes of cancer death in China. Most of these patients have poor prognosis because of late presentation and diagnosis. The best tactics for dealing with gastric ...

Leishmaniasis is an infection from Leishmania parasites. It is transmitted through the bite of sand flies that have the parasite. An infection can be cutaneous, mucosal, or visceral. There are 1.5 to ...

Similar to a wart, squamous papilloma is a benign outgrowth of skin. Oral HPV lesions are commonly found and may persist or relapse spontaneously and occasionally require surgical excision. HOW TO ...

A burning pain sensation -- and treatments that do not work. This is what daily life is like for many of those who suffer from recurrent aphthous stomatitis. Research now sheds new light on the ...