title: Oral manifestations of systemic disease.
abstract: Many systemic diseases have associated oral symptoms. Occasionally, patients with these diseases present with lesions that occur primarily in the mouth. Although few systemic diseases have strictly pathognomonic lesions of the oral mucosa, a careful examination of the oral cavity can often lend important clues to making a diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: University of Chicago Adult Emergency Services, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Hospitals, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Mulliken
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Casner
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D004700:Endocrine System Diseases / Q000150:complications; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000150:complications; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology*; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000150:complications; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000150:complications; D013577:Syndrome