TY - JOUR
T1 - Leukocytoclastic vasculitis (anaphylactoid purpura)
T2 - a unique occurrence in the oral cavity.
AU - Gazit, D.
AU - Nahlieli, O.
AU - Neder, A.
AU - Berstein, I.
AU - Ulmansky, M.
PY - 1991/11
Y1 - 1991/11
N2 - Leukocytoclastic vasculitis, immune complex disorder (type III), is a skin disease with both an acute form characterized by bullae, vesicles and ulcerations, and a chronic form characterized by petechiae, macules and ulcerations. The disease presents certain systemic features including diffuse or focal glomerulonephritis and renal failure. The histopathologic characteristics of leukocytoclastic vasculitis in the skin appear primarily in small blood vessels and consist of an infiltration of inflammatory cells, leukoclasis, swelling of endothelial cells, occlusion of blood vessels, accumulation of fibrin and fibrinoid degeneration, as well as the presence of immune complexes in and around blood vessel walls. Although leukocytoclastic vasculitis is described as several diseases which can spread systemically, including the gastrointestinal tract and the kidneys, the manifestations of the disease in the oral cavity have not yet been reported. The present paper reports unique oral lesions in a 38‐yr‐old woman, diagnosed as leukocytoclastic vasculitis, without any accompanying skin or systemic lesions.
AB - Leukocytoclastic vasculitis, immune complex disorder (type III), is a skin disease with both an acute form characterized by bullae, vesicles and ulcerations, and a chronic form characterized by petechiae, macules and ulcerations. The disease presents certain systemic features including diffuse or focal glomerulonephritis and renal failure. The histopathologic characteristics of leukocytoclastic vasculitis in the skin appear primarily in small blood vessels and consist of an infiltration of inflammatory cells, leukoclasis, swelling of endothelial cells, occlusion of blood vessels, accumulation of fibrin and fibrinoid degeneration, as well as the presence of immune complexes in and around blood vessel walls. Although leukocytoclastic vasculitis is described as several diseases which can spread systemically, including the gastrointestinal tract and the kidneys, the manifestations of the disease in the oral cavity have not yet been reported. The present paper reports unique oral lesions in a 38‐yr‐old woman, diagnosed as leukocytoclastic vasculitis, without any accompanying skin or systemic lesions.
KW - immune disease
KW - leukocytoclastic vasculitis
KW - mouth, disease
KW - oral cavity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0026038817&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1600-0714.1991.tb00414.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1600-0714.1991.tb00414.x
M3 - ???researchoutput.researchoutputtypes.contributiontojournal.article???
C2 - 1753354
AN - SCOPUS:0026038817
SN - 0904-2512
VL - 20
SP - 509
EP - 511
JO - Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine
JF - Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine
IS - 10
ER -