International Journal of Case Reports and Images (IJCRI) is an international, peer reviewed, monthly, open access, online journal, publishing high-quality, articles in all areas of basic medical sciences and clinical specialties.Aim of IJCRI is to encourage the publication of new information by providing a platform for reporting of unique, unusual and rare cases which enhance understanding of disease process, its diagnosis, management and clinico-pathologic correlations. Orofacial granulomatosis (OFG) is a lesser known disease entity, which presents a confounding spectrum of oral manifestations. It is a non-specific granulomatous inflammation caused by an elusive etiopathogenesis. It usually manifests as persistent and/or recurrent upper and/or lower labial enlargement. The clinical features, both extraoral and intra-oral, are highly variable and at times, insidious. This disease can be both cosmetically and functionally debilitating. Case Report: This is a report of an unusual case of orofacial granulomatosis which presented as a persistent severe generalized gingival enlargement in a nine-year-old child. There was no evidence of an underlying allergic or systemic cause. Surgical intervention (i.e., gingivectomy) showed no alleviation of symptoms. Conclusion: Making a prompt and precise diagnosis of orofacial granulomatosis is often challenging, however complete remission is possible with targeted therapy.
Aim: To establish a correlation between the clinical and histopathological features in the diagnosis of Oral Lichen Planus (OLP) and Oral Lichenoid Lesions (OLL). Objective: To compare the clinicopathological features in the diagnosis of OLP and OLL based on modified WHO diagnostic criteria proposed by Van der Meij and Van der Waal in 2003 and the criteria proposed by Cheng at al (2016) for OLP. Materials and Methods: Thirty patients with a clinical provisional diagnosis of oral lichen planus, referred for incisional biopsy were clinically and histologically evaluated using haematoxylin and eosin stained sections based on the modified WHO criteria. This was compared with Cheng"s proposed criteria for OLP. Results: The number of patients diagnosed with Oral Lichenoid lesions was higher using the criteria proposed by Cheng et al.
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