title: Clinicopathological diagnosis of orofacial granulomatosis.
abstract: Orofacial granulomatosis is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder characterized by persistent or recurrent soft tissue swellings, oral ulceration, and other orofacial features in the absence of an identifiable granulomatous disease. We report a case of a 61-year-old woman with recurrent ulcerations and swellings in her oral mucosa. She was diagnosed as orofacial granulomatosis based upon clinicopathological correlation after exclusion of other granulomatous diseases and showed a favorable response to systemic corticosteroid treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Ataturk Research and Training Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fatma Sule
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Afsar
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Ataturk Research and Training Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hatice Demirlendi
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Duran
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Ataturk Research and Training Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gungor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Ataturk Research and Training Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ermete
keywords: Oral mucosa; orofacial granulomatosis; pathology