title: Mucosal Lesions in an Allergy Practice.
abstract: The diagnosis and treatment of mucosal disease with an allergic pathogenesis are challenging. Oral allergy is often a hypersensitivity reaction with variable symptoms and physical exam findings. Clinical diagnosis requires a history of prior allergen exposure, a delay from exposure to clinical findings, and improvement following allergen removal. The past decades have seen great contributions to the field of oral allergy. The aim of this review is to provide an approach to the diagnosis and treatment of oral dermatologic disease with a focus on diseases with an investigated allergic pathogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. kohorst.john@mayo.edu.
authors.forename: John J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Kohorst
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic, 4500 San Pablo Road, Jacksonville, FL, 32224, USA. bruce.alison@mayo.edu.
authors.forename: Alison J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Bruce
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. torgerson.rochelle@mayo.edu.
authors.forename: Rochelle R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Torgerson
mesh_terms: D000485:Allergens / Q000009:adverse effects; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D018928:Immunity, Mucosal; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology*; D019226:Oral Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D013280:Stomatitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000485:Allergens
keywords: Allergy; Diagnosis; Mucosa; Oral; Patch testing; Treatment