title: Pigmented oral mucosa due to quinacrine.
abstract: We describe the case of a 50-year-old woman with asymptomatic, irregularly outlined macule, dark in color on the hard palate. Antecedents include antimalarial medication for lupus erythematous subacute. After a histopathological study, differential diagnoses are presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Murcia, Spain. majornet@um.es
authors.forename: Pía
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: López-Jornet
authors.forename: Alvaro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pons-Fuster
mesh_terms: D000962:Antimalarials / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008178:Lupus Erythematosus, Cutaneous / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D010858:Pigmentation / Q000187:drug effects*; D011796:Quinacrine / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000962:Antimalarials; D011796:Quinacrine