TY - JOUR
T1 - Orofacial granulomatosis
T2 - A case report and a proposal of a diagnostic algorithm for oral granulomatous lesions
AU - Shetty, Nisha
AU - Subramanyam, R. Venkata
AU - Srikanth, Gadicherla
AU - Solomon, Monica Charlotte
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology | Published by Wolters Kluwer - Medknow
PY - 2021/5/1
Y1 - 2021/5/1
N2 - Orofacial granulomatosis (OFG) is an uncommon chronic inflammatory disorder with multifactorial etiology and pathogenesis affecting the orofacial region which appears usually as a persistent and/or recurrent swelling that may involve one or both the lips and/or recurrent ulcers along with other orofacial features. The diagnosis of OFG is challenging and it should be ruled out from other conditions characterized by granulomatous inflammation. This article describes a case of a 30-year-old female patient with upper lip swelling as the main manifestation without any systemic involvement and we have also laid down a proposal of a diagnostic algorithm for differential diagnoses and treatment modalities for OFG which could be helpful for the clinician and dentists alike to rule out other granulomatous disorders thus in effective management of OFG.
AB - Orofacial granulomatosis (OFG) is an uncommon chronic inflammatory disorder with multifactorial etiology and pathogenesis affecting the orofacial region which appears usually as a persistent and/or recurrent swelling that may involve one or both the lips and/or recurrent ulcers along with other orofacial features. The diagnosis of OFG is challenging and it should be ruled out from other conditions characterized by granulomatous inflammation. This article describes a case of a 30-year-old female patient with upper lip swelling as the main manifestation without any systemic involvement and we have also laid down a proposal of a diagnostic algorithm for differential diagnoses and treatment modalities for OFG which could be helpful for the clinician and dentists alike to rule out other granulomatous disorders thus in effective management of OFG.
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U2 - 10.4103/0973-029X.325238
DO - 10.4103/0973-029X.325238
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85121736175
SN - 0973-029X
VL - 25
SP - 346
EP - 350
JO - Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
JF - Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
IS - 2
ER -