title: Gingival lesions in a patient with chronic oral graft-versus-host disease: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The patient reported in this study was diagnosed with acute nonlymphocytic leukemia and underwent an allogenic bone marrow transplantation. She was referred for persisting oral ulceration and pain associated with the transplant procedure.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To present an unusual involvement of gingival tissues during a case of oral chronic graft-versus-host-disease.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This is one of the very few reports in the dental literature of a case of oral chronic graft-versus-host disease that includes the unusual manifestation of prominent gingival lesions.
authors.affiliation: Haematological Unit of Internal Medicine Clinic, University Hospital of Rio, Patras, Greece.
authors.forename: Annie S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Argiriadou
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sardella
authors.forename: Federica
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Demarosi
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carrassi
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005882:Gingival Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D017512:Lichenoid Eruptions / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D019226:Oral Ulcer / Q000209:etiology; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000209:etiology