Laugier-Hunziker syndrome: a rare cause of mucocutaneous pigmentation.
An 80-year-old white woman presented with brown pigmentation on both sides of the buccal mucosa and lower lip and patchy freckling in her nails, which was diagnosed as Laugier-Hunziker syndrome.
Sabesan
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Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Poole General Hospital, Longfleet Road, Poole, Dorset BH15 2JB, UK.
Ramchandani
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Peters
W J N
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D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017495:Hyperpigmentation / Q000473:pathology*; D008046:Lip / Q000473:pathology*; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D013577:Syndrome