Appendix 10: Chronic Ulcerative Lesions

Question 1

Erosive lichen planus

Answer 1

White striae

Desquamative gingivitis

Question 2

Traumatic granuloma

Answer 2

Solitary

Non-healing ulcer

Question 3

Squamous cell carcinoma

Answer 3

Usually indurated
Rolled border
Painless

Question 4

Mucous membrane pemphigoid

Answer 4

Desquamative gingivitis
Ocular
Genital involvement

Question 5

Lupus erythematosus

Answer 5

May have associated red and white change

Skin involvment

Question 6

Pemphigus vulgaris

Answer 6

Multiple oral blisters and ulcers precede

skin lesions

Question 7

Deep fungal infections

Answer 7

Histoplasmosis, Blastomycosis

May be painless

Question 8

Tuberculosis

Answer 8

Associated mass may be present

May be painless

Question 9

Sarcoidosis

Answer 9

Erythematous macules or plaques

May be painless

Question 10

Epidermolysis bullosa

Answer 10

Hereditary
Infancy/Childhood
Multiple skin and oral blisters or ulcers in areas of trauma
Extensive scarring

Question 11

Pyostomatitis vegetans

Answer 11

Yellowish snail track pustules

IBS

Question 12

Wegener granulomatosis

Answer 12

Palatal ulceration and destruction

Lung and Kidney involvement

Question 13

Extranodal NK/T Cell lymphoma

Answer 13

Palatal lymphoma with ulceration

may be painless

Question 14

Noma

Answer 14

Gangrenous necrosis
Malnutrition
Secondary to NUG

Question 15

Tertiary Syphilis

Answer 15

Gumma