title: Pyostomatitis vegetans. A reactive mucosal marker for inflammatory disease of the gut.
abstract: Pyostomatitis vegetans is a rarely occurring disorder of the oral mucosa, which has a dramatic clinical picture and a striking histopathologic pattern. Moreover, the condition is a highly specific oral mucosal marker for inflammatory bowel disease, particularly ulcerative colitis. Our findings in two cases and a review of the literature emphasize the relationship of pyostomatitis vegetans to inflammatory bowel disease and the vegetating dermatoses.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000744:Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / Q000150:complications; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology*; D013281:Stomatitis, Aphthous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology