title: [Changes in the oral mucosa in the aging patient].
abstract: The most frequently observed diseases of the oral mucosa in ageing patients are: leucoplacic changes, lichen ruber planus, pemphigus vulgaris, pemphigoid and the Gougerot-Sjögren syndrome. However, there are other affections which are described in their characteristic symptomatology: --whitish changes--changes by pigments--aphtous or aphtoid changes--bullous and erosive changes--tongue burning and glossodynia--tumorous and exulcerative changes. The different diagnostic aspects are particularly explained.
mesh_terms: D000224:Addison Disease / Q000150:complications; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005887:Gingival Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007972:Leukoplakia, Oral / Q000175:diagnosis; D008010:Lichen Planus / Q000175:diagnosis; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology*; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000209:etiology; D010392:Pemphigus / Q000175:diagnosis; D010859:Pigmentation Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D011230:Precancerous Conditions; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D012872:Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / Q000175:diagnosis; D013281:Stomatitis, Aphthous / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Veränderungen der Mundschleimhaut beim alternden Patienten.