Immediate biopsy versus a therapeutic trial in the diagnosis and treatment of vesiculobullous/vesiculoerosive oral lesions. Opposing viewpoints presented.
There are at least two treatment strategies in the diagnosis and treatment of oral vesiculobullous/vesiculoerosive disease. The relative merits of immediate biopsy and initial therapeutic trial regimens are debated.
Brown
R S
RS
Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences, UTHSCH-Dental Branch, Houston.
Bottomley
W K
WK
Abramovitch
K
K
Langlais
R P
RP
D001706:Biopsy; D001768:Blister; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology