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In search of oral psoriasis

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Even though psoriasis is a common skin disorder, reports of it involving the oral cavity are exceedingly rare, with less than 100 publications in the literature. Biopsy-proven oral psoriasis has been reported in the oral medical literature, but the commonest oral mucosal findings in most studies are associated non-specific features including fissured and geographic tongue. Case series on this entity have not provided any definitive data to support its existence. From the evidence available to date, it is still unclear if oral psoriasis is a distinct entity or if, indeed, it exists.

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RBW is an NIHR Clinical Senior Lecturer. CEMG is partly supported by the NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre.

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  1. Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, Bodelwyddan, LL18 5UJ, UK

    P. D. Yesudian

  2. Dermatological Sciences, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, M6 8HD, UK

    R. J. G. Chalmers, R. B. Warren & C. E. M. Griffiths

  3. Department of Dermatology, Glan Clwyd Hospital, Denbighshire, North Wales, LL18 5UJ, UK

    P. D. Yesudian

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Yesudian, P.D., Chalmers, R.J.G., Warren, R.B. et al. In search of oral psoriasis. Arch Dermatol Res 304, 1–5 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00403-011-1175-3

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