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Focal vascular dilatations and petechiae in oral submucous fibrosis
Author(s) -
BHONSLE R. B.,
MURTI P. R.,
PINDBORG J. J.,
DAFTARY D. K.,
MEHTA FALI S.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
european journal of oral sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.802
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1600-0722
pISSN - 0909-8836
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0722.1981.tb01682.x
Subject(s) - oral submucous fibrosis , medicine , fibrosis , petechial rash , pathology , dermatology , surgery
– The occurrence in oral submucous fibrosis of small raised blue spots has not been reported. This feature was observed in nine (22%) of 40 submucous fibrosis cases diagnosed in the Ernakulam district, Kerala, India. None of the patients complained of bleeding from the spots or from elsewhere, nor was there any history of systemic disorders. Histologically, the lesions could be explained by juxtaepithelial, endorthelial‐lined luminae containing erythrocytes and the presence of juxta‐ and intraepithclial petechial homorrhages.