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Desquamative gingivitis: a form of cicatricial pemphigoid?
Author(s) -
FINE ROBERT M.,
WEATHERS DWIGHT R.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1980.tb06551.x
Subject(s) - cicatricial pemphigoid , gingivitis , medicine , dermatology , pemphigoid , oral mucosa , pathology , dentistry , bullous pemphigoid , immunology , antibody
SUMMARY Desquamative gingivitis, a sub‐epithelial vesiculo‐bullous disease involving the gingiva, has been shown to have positive direct immunofluorescent findings similar to those of cicatricial pemphigoid. However, the lack of severe scarring, limitation of lesions to the anterior portion of the mouth and the tendency toward limitation of lesions to the oral mucosa over long periods of time in desquamative gingivitis, suggest that desquamative gingivitis and cicatricial pemphigoid are distinct and separate entities.